Nice picture, Hans! Just my cup of soup!
The MD label was not glued on the leatherette. The leatherette has a
cut-out square, allowing the label to be glued directly onto the body
metal.
Frank.
On Sun, 25 Feb 2001 18:05:54 +0100, "Hans van Veluwen"
<hcvanveluwen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>: > Maybe it has been converted from non-MD to MD?
>: > Olympus did offer the converseion for the first OM-1's
>:
>: It could be, but since it doesn't have slotted screws on the lens mount,
>: it's probably not that old. It also appears to not have the externally
>: visible meter cam (just under the top of the lens mount screw) so it's
>: definitly not one of the earliest OM-1's. The "MD" label looks pretty
>: official so I suspect either Olympus or a service centre put it there.
>
>
>Isn't that MD label just a button that is glued onto the leatherette? My guess
>is that it came off and the owner did not know the right place where to glue
>it.
>
>
>Btw, some people just have a vivid imagination how OM bodies are supposed to
>look like, and how they can be modified. Look for instance what I found ;)
>http://members.nbci.com/_XMCM/veluwen/m-soup.jpg
>
>
>Ot should I mention what kind of skin Hannibal Lecter used to decorate his OM
>body?? ;)
>
>
>hnz
>
>
>
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