At 11:27 AM 7/20/2001 -0500, you wrote:
><<<Date is either on the back of the pressure plate or in the film chamber.
>>>>
>So how you do translate TNF61? (That's in the film chamber; nothing on the
>back of the pressure plate)
From the FAQ:
>B21) How can I tell when my OM-{1(N), 2(N), 10} was assembled?
>
> The serial number on an Olympus camera does *not* give you a
> precise date of manufacture. The only way to tell is to remove
> the pressure plate and look for a code either on the back of the
> pressure plate or on the back itself behind the pressure plate.
> The code consists of 4 characters:
>
> 1 Japanese character signifying the assembly plant.
> 1 number representing the last digit of the year of
> assembly (e.g. 7 = 1977, 0 = 1980).
> 1 number or letter representing the month of assembly,
> 1-9 for Jan-Sep, X, Y, Z for Oct-Dec.
> 1 number representing the pressure plate used. Olympus
> apparently used pressure plates with slightly
> different curvatures to fine-tune focus.
>
> Some examples:
>
> OM-1N - S055 factory "S", 1980, May, plate #5
> OM-1 - S766 factory "S", 1977, June, plate #6
> OM-1N - S0Y5 factory "S", 1980, November, plate #5
>
> Thanks to John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Mind you, it doesn't seem to help me figure out my date of manufacture, either
-- my film chamber says "TNE6," but uses pressure plate #5. Again, nothing on
the back pressure plate (other than its number).
Garth
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