I did a little searching and found this page:
http://olympus.dementix.org/M-1/ <http://olympus.dementix.org/M-1/>
According to that page, an estimated 52,000 M-1s were made from 1971
until about February 1973. That 1973 date might mean some overlap with
1972 production of the first OM-1's (different models for different
parts of the world, while the dispute with Leica worked itself out?) so
black models are quite possible. The page also lists what "M-SYSTEM"
lenses were made, and says the 55mm f/1.2 had about 1,200 copies, so the
auctioned camera is quite plausible as genuine. A search on eBay today
(June 28th) shows several M-1's, though only chrome ones, some with
matching "M-SYSTEM" lenses, though I only noticed 50mm 1.8s and one wide
angle (I believe 28mm). Most of the cameras were located in Japan.
BTW, go up one notch to http://olympus.dementix.org
<http://olympus.dementix.org/M-1/> and you find the e-SIF page, a web
rendering of the Olympus Sales Information File that Olympus salespeople
evidently carried, which lists the entire range of OM gear made. It was
an invaluable resource, back in the day. I remember buying a CD version
of that file.
----- Larry Woods
From: Olaf Iwert<oiwert@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] Fake or real black analog OLympus M1 auctioned yesterday
?
Dear Olympus afficionados,
Have you seen this (auctioned yesterday) ?:
https://www.leitz-auction.com/de/Olympus-M-1-black-paint-Sample-with-1.8-50mm/A01934
... <snip>...
All in all I am still wondering (like many other people) whether this is is a
restomod or a real one built by Olympus at that time ?
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