The earliest (or first) OM-2 would be serial number 100,000. Same with
earliest OM-1.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] S# 1000000?
| Perhaps I am missing something. Why couldn't this just be what it says it
| is. Serial number 1000000. The run was long enough to cross the number.
|
| Tom
|
| > : Is this a prototype or what?
| > :
| > : http://cgi.ebay.de/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1279393392
| >
| > The first print (1975) of Pangerl's Die Welt des OM Systems (translated
as
| > The world of OM Systems) contains a photo of a OM-2 pre-production
| prototype
| > which was shown at the Photokina 1974. It differs from the camera on
ebay
| in
| > two ways - it has a graphical logo on the self-timer (consisting of 4
| > elipses), and has no MD logo.
| >
| > The 1000000 camera could be the first official production model.
| >
| > hnz
| >
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