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Re: [OM] Phoney OM-4T

Subject: Re: [OM] Phoney OM-4T
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 12:04:47 -0400
Yes.  This body also had the original black brass bottom cover and body trim
behind the shutter speed dial.  This trim should be titanium, which has that
crinkly look when painted black.

John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Hans van Veluwen <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Phoney OM-4T


> John H. wrote:
>
> : I just got a 4T which was purchased from KEH.  Turns out it is a plain 4
> : which someone put a 4T top on.  Old circuit, old drain,  NO Super FP.
> : BEWARE!
>
> Funny. Reminds me of a fraud case some years ago with computer main
circuit
> boards that had no-name "cache chips" on them that were completely empty
inside.
>
> There are, btw, three other differences I know of between unmodified
OM-4's and
> OM-4T(i)'s on the outside, besides the hot shoe and inscription on the top
> plate: the self-timer/beeper off switch on the T(i) locks in the middle
position
> (you have to lift it to turn it to the right or left); the original OM-4
has no
> such feature and you can activate the self-timer quite easily by accident.
The
> second difference is the little lever at the bottom that is operated by
the
> rewind mechanism of Motor Drive 2. This lever is black on the OM-4 and
chrome on
> the OM-4T(i). And of course the original Motor Drive Socket Cap and
Battery
> Chamber Cap were both black too on the OM-4 and are chrome on the OM-4Ti.
>
> hnz



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