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Re: [OM] OM-1 top cover types

Subject: Re: [OM] OM-1 top cover types
From: "k.matsumoto" <GHA02260@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 10:15:37 +0900
> >This is kind of a moot question, but I was surfing e-bay and 
> found an OM-1 >MD black which had "brassing" on the top plate.
> >
> >I was intrigued because I have an OM-1 MD black with a "brassed" top plate, 
> >but the metal under the black paint is either stainless steel or some kind 
> >of aluminum alloy, not brass.
> >
> 
> You have one of the very rare titanium OM-1's.........

frivolous chip-in: we Japanese call the top cover or the whole top 
area of an SLR camera the "gunkan" which means "battleship". That 
sounds robust so I don't like to use this word for plastics except 
Tamiya models.

kazuya matsumoto (a natural bokeh)

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