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Re: [OM] Brown "hard" Case

Subject: Re: [OM] Brown "hard" Case
From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 12:50:47 -0400
At 09:38 4/26/03, Norm wrote:
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I have the following questions:

1. Why was the brown case called a "hard" case when it is much softer than the semi-hard case.

It's not the same as the older, lighter brown "hard" case made from what appears to be saddle leather (I have a couple).

2. What is under the 1.4 label on the box .. if you know? Each side is identical with the exact same label. It appears to be a factory modification.

My guess is nothing . . . but perhaps there might be a "1.2" under it. If you look at the bottom of the nose in the area of the flap that goes around the bottom half, you should see a "1.4" stamped into the leather. This is the size of "standard lens" the nose fits. IOW, it's made for the length and diameter of a 50/1.4 lens . . . should fit with the OM 50/1.4 lens hood reversed too. I have a couple of these dark brown cases, plus one with "1.2" marked on it that fits the slightly larger 50/1.2 standard lens. Its nose piece is slightly larger, but not by much. Olympus made several different noses for these cases including longer ones for zooms and the moderate telephoto lenses.

3. Value of above??

Whatever someone is willing to pay, if anything; eB*y is unpredictable. Ensure it's real leather. Olympus made some in a similar color that are leatherette . . . I've seen a couple and they have a shinier surface texture . . . the leatherette ones do not hold up very well before the surface of them begins flaking off. The real leather ones hold up quite well. The most durable are the light brown "hard" cases . . . but getting the nose on one to fit on an OM-2S/OM-3[ti]/OM-4[T] . . . over the prism and hot shoe . . . can be nearly impossible.

-- John


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