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[OM] Re: Dented M-1 description on yabe

Subject: [OM] Re: Dented M-1 description on yabe
From: Mark Dapoz <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 16:14:38 -0500 (EST)
On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Tony Large wrote:
> 
> What does your comment "an OM-1 with a bottom plate with a serial number
> less than 175000 is difficult
> to find.  Most of those OM-1 non-MD bodies were originally M-1's which had
> their top plate replaced by Olympus" mean for this camera then?

It means the camera likely came off the production line as an M-1 but Olympus
replaced the top cover with an OM-1 version.  This may have been done at the
Suwa plant or at the local distributor/service centre.

> Is this an M1 with a new top cover? An OM1 with a different bottom plate? Or
> something else? 7567416193 on eBay.

Looks like a regular non-MD OM-1.  Remember Olympus offered both the non-MD
and MD models for quite a long time (about a year) before dropping the
non-MD model.  This one has a serial number of 78351x which is a long time
after the M-1 production timeframe.  Non-MD OM-1's aren't that rare.
                                        -mark


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