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Subject: [OM] Re: New member and question on dummies Olympus Pen
From: "Jean-Pierre Vergine" <vergine@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 00:32:06 +0100
Thank you for your message,

Indeed, the Olympus Pen has been produced by a subcontractor of Olympus in 
1959 and 1960 till Olympus took over the production in 1960.

But, what about the dummies Pen. Mine has a shutter marked Copal , and not 
Copal X, despite the fact that it has a flash plug on the left side on the 
front side, seen from the back. Its serial number is 134189.

I wonder me why dummies have been made from this camera, which was a rather 
simple and not too expensive one.

In my opinion, it does not make sense to build dummies from cameras with low 
production costs, unless at the beginning of the production, the quanties 
were not so large.

Sincerely yours

Jean-Pierre Vergine


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 12:13 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: New member and question on dummies Olympus Pen


>
> AFSIK, the single lug Pen was the first Pen from Olympus and it was not 
> made
> by Olympus itself. Anyway, in ebay for the same condition Pen, the single
> lug version is more expensive then the later two lugs version.
>
> C.H.Ling
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jean-Pierre Vergine"
>
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> As a new member to the mail lists, I would like to introduce myself.
>>
>> My initial interest in photography came about 30 years ago and, since 
>> that
>> time, I have used various models of German and Japanese rangefinder
>> cameras procuded from the 30' to the 60' or, for a change, Swiss reflex
>> cameras.
>>
>> At this stage, You might wonder what I am doing in the Olypus mail ist.
>>
>> Well, 10 years ago, during a visit to Chile, I had to let repair the
>> shutter of my Nikon S, showing some weakness precisely the day after my
>> arrival. In the shopping mall close to the repair workshop, there were
>> some camerashops  selling used cameras and I quicly decided myself for an
>> Olympus Pen F and its three lenses to accompany me during my trip to
>> Chiloe, in the south of Santiago.
>>
>> As the results were more than satisfactory, and as I enjoyed the
>> compactness of the camera, I take either a Pen F or FT or a viewfinder 
>> Pen
>> or one from the "35" series when I want to travel "light".
>>
>> Sometimes ago, I came across an Olympus Pen (an early version with one
>> strap lug) in a lot of cameras and I was happy to get one after a long
>> research to test it. Immediately, the seller, a retired camera dealer,
>> told me that in fact, it was a dummy Olympus Pen.
>>
>> I had never heard about dummies Olympus Pen before.
>>
>> Could any member of the mail list be kind enough to mrovide me with some
>> informatin or data on these dummies ?
>>
>> Thank you very much
>>
>> Jean-Pierre Vergine
>>
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