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Subject: [OM] Re: Code in film chamber
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:11:27 -0500
Those markings are done at the factory by Olympus.

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John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
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Ian Lowman wrote:
> Thanks for the reply, Winsor. This seems like a reasonable answer, but 
> I'm intrigued as to how or why a service organization would permanently 
> mark a camera like this. The letters and digits can't be more than 2mm 
> tall, so were obviously done with some fairly sophisticated equipment; 
> these aren't stickers! Here's a horribly out-of-focus picture (taken 
> before I loaded the film, but not reviewed until after).
> 
> <http://www.lowman.org/photographs/camera_number.jpg>
> 
> Anyway, I'll eagerly await any further suggestions.
> 
> Thanks again,
> Ian
> 
> 
> Winsor Crosby wrote:
> 
>>I have a label in the cassette chamber from when John Hermansen  
>>serviced mine. Perhaps it is something similar.
>>
>>
>>
>>Winsor
>>Long Beach, California, USA
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>On Dec 20, 2006, at 8:09 PM, Ian Lowman wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>>I just noticed whilst changing films in my OM-1N that there appears to
>>>be a stencilled white code in small characters inside the film chamber
>>>of the camera body, in this case reading TNF21. Does anyone know what
>>>this means, or if it has any significance? Perhaps it was just  
>>>something
>>>the previous owner did?
>>>    
> 
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