Walt Wayman wrote
Subject: Re: [OM] Sick Puppies?
This brings up another subject dear to my heart. Am I the only
one who peels those little gold, football-shaped (American
football) "Passed" stickers off as soon as I take whatever it is
out of the box? A few months ago I bought an OM-1n. The camera
looked nearly new, and that stupid little sticker looked even
newer, still stuck to the side of the pentaprism. It had to have
been there -- what? -- a quarter century?"
I'm also irritated by these stickers. I once asked a friend why he
left the sticker on his new camera (where it was rapidly turning
gooey). He said "Oh well, It shows mine has passed all its tests".
Well, one hopes any camera sold new through a reputable dealer has
passed all its factory tests.
As I understand it JMDC sticker is a Japanese industry approval to
show that the design (not the individual item has reached certain
standards). A bit like CE marking is in Europe. I believe the
manufacturer does in fact submit every batch produced for sampled
testing (13 units out of every thousand in the batch). If the sample
pass, then all the units can have a JMDC sticker. In that respect it
is more stringent than CE marking.
As to the downside. I can sympathise with Walt taking the sticker
off his 25 year old OM1n. My OM2n (1982 vintage) had one when I
bought it four years ago. On taking it, off the chrome had
definitely discoloured underneath. It's not obvious, but visible if
I look.
Presumably someone buying a new camera as a collector (do people
really do that?) would leave the sticker in place, damaging the
surface. Is the camera then still mint?
Chris Barrett
Malvern
You wonder whether the same people who left the JMDC sticker also
left the inspection stickers inside of the legs of their trousers.
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
|