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Re: [OM] OM-1/2 VSOE ?

Subject: Re: [OM] OM-1/2 VSOE ?
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 15:50:16 -0500
Here's a new one.  The European version of (some) 4Tis are marked "CE".
Surprise, these models have no pots for adjusting shutter speeds, meter
position or auto exposure.

John
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> VSOE  nameplates were found on European OM bodies.  The designation had
> something to do with the body being covered under a local warranty.  I
> believe this might have been specific to Germany.
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> On the cover of Pangerl's 'The World of OM-Systems' there are an OM-1 and
> OM-2
> that have a strange label where normal bodies have their MD plate. It
reads
> VSOE.
> Some pictures inside the book also show this label. What does it mean?
Very
> Special Olympus Equipment? What was their origin or purpose, and how many
> of these
> bodies were made?
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