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Re: [OM] analogue M1 black real or fake ?

Subject: Re: [OM] analogue M1 black real or fake ?
From: John Hermanson <jhermanson21@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 15:25:26 -0500
And that's way after The Olympus/Leica M conflict.   Wouldn't that say that
any 180 2.8 marked as "M-System"  lens is fake or a awesome collectible
mistake?.

On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 11:57 AM Steve Troy <sctroy@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> According to this site, it came out around 1980.
>
>
> https://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/olympusom1n2/shared/zuiko/htmls/180mm1.htm
>
> Steve Troy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Hermanson <jhermanson21@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 11:21:57 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: Re: [OM] analogue M1 black real or fake ?
>
> Did the 180 2.8 come out at the same time as the M-1?  I have never seen
> one with silver nose,  and I didn't know the 180 was that old.
>
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 5:15 PM Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > From: Steve Troy <sctroy@xxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > I had a black M-1 in my hands once - it was an obvious fake.
> >
> > I have an OM Zuiko 180mm f/2.8 that, on the front ring, says "OLYMPUS
> > M-SYSTEM ZUIKO MC AUTO-T," with a serial of 100666, and no date code on
> the
> > rear mount. It is NOT silver-nosed. A have not peeled back the focus-ring
> > rubber to look for a date code, because the lens is near-mint.
> >
> > I'm the second owner, having purchased it in August 1998 as part of a
> > whole-system buy; the seller said he bought them all new.
> >
> > All my other OM lenses say "OM-SYSTEM" on the front ring. There's no
> > witness marks that would indicate the ring had been altered, and yet, I
> > don't think Olympus branded anything with "M-SYSTEM" since Leica made
> them
> > stop using that in the late 1970s.
> >
> > Must be the serial number; caused their ring-imprinting mechanism to
> > hiccup. :-)
> >
> > :::: One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good
> > poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few
> > reasonable words. -- Johann Wolfgang von Göthe <
> > http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=Johann+Wolfgang+von+G%C3%B6the> ::::
> > :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op <http://www.ecoreality.org/>‌ ::::‌‌
> >
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