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Re: [OM] I'm curious

Subject: Re: [OM] I'm curious
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 16:37:04 -0500
In the early 80s, USA stickers were put on to combat gray market.

John  Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Dapoz" <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] I'm curious


| On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Mickey Trageser wrote:
| >
| > Odd thing is that the MD label looks like a decal or sticker, and it's
not
| > even straight.
|
| It probably is a sticker, I know Olympus USA at one point used to put
little
| "USA" stickers on the front of the cameras.  Maybe they did something
| similar with the MD bodies that didn't have the MD badge.
|
| > The seller indicates the meter is off about 4 stops. Could this be the
| > result of using alkaline batteries which are a higher voltage than the
| > original mercury?
|
| Doesn't an alkaline battery throw the meter off only 1.5 stops?  4 stops
| is quite a bit.
|
| > I'd be concerned about the 'separation' of the prisim. Sounds like
trouble
| > looms....
|
| Yeah, especially since he descibes the problem as being where the prism is
| "glued inside". Umm, the prism is a sold piece of glass and isn't glued
| anywhere!  The only "glue" is on the protective tape which some prisms
| have on the top, and that doesn't cause problems.
| -mark
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