Other than that there's no way to tell production date. Later, lttle white
numbers were printed in the film chamber instead of the back cover.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: Frank Ernens <fgernens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Age of a black Om1 body
> John Hermanson wrote
>
> > Pull off the pressure plate and you'll find the production code, a
Japanese
> > symbol or number (factory name) followed by 2 numbers,. First digit is
month
> > of production, 1-9. 10, 11, and 12 are represented with X, Y and Z. ,
> > Second digit is year of production. Ex.: X6 is October 1976.
>
> Assuming, of course, it is the original back. They're
> interchangeable (little latch top right, matter of seconds).
>
>
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