On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 chris@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I'm selling a 250 Film Back 1 and Loader on evil-Bay. A
> prospective buyer has told me that there are two versions of the film
> back... one that will work with any single-digit body, and the other
> one that won't work with the OM-4(Ti), OM-3(Ti) and OM-2SP
> bodies. He claims that it's something to do with the gear? We have
> a language barrier here (he's German, I'm Canuck... need I say
> more???) so I dont' think I quite "get" his explanation.
>
> Anyway, can anyone confirm or refute that there is a version of the
> 250 Film Back 1 that *won't* work with the above named camera
> bodies? If so, can you explain (in plain Canuckian, please!) how to
> tell the difference? (I don't have a body to try it out on, so I'm
> working blind, here.)
Yes, there are two versions, and as I recall, the only difference is a
small metal tab that needs to be trimmed to get the older version to fit
on the newer bodies. Check the list archives, I seem to remember this being
discussed a few years back (1999/2000 I think).
-mark
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