Could be...
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "O.C" <oben@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Paradoxical MD labelling on OM-2's
Ummm no not exactly.... my OM-2 Black that is completely unmodified is SN
30133x.
It has Centre Weighted Old curtain and no MD silver label.
So there's one at least that breaks the 100-200,000 'rule' ....
Oben
At 11:13 PM Tuesday 24/07/2001, you wrote:
>You're saying that serial number has center weighted curtains? (White dots
>bunching up near the center of the curtain, running horizontally). If so,
>then at some time , the bottom cover was replaced on that body. 580xxx is
>near the changeover point to the 2N. All CW curtain OM-2s are between
>100,000 and 200,000.
>
>John Hermanson
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bernd Möller" <dsl33687a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 8:38 AM
>Subject: Re: [OM] Paradoxical MD labelling on OM-2's
>
>
>Just to contribute with some information to narrow the SN periods here:
>
>My 5840xx OM-2 also has no MD label. It's the version with the early
curtain
>pattern.
>
>Regards
>
>Bernd Möller
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <johnsonpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 8:30 AM
>Subject: Re: [OM] Paradoxical MD labelling on OM-2's
>
>
> > >Since I received the newest body to my collection (an exc+) OM-2n black
I
> > >noticed it has a rectangular silver MD label in the usual spot like my
>old
> > >chrome OM-1. However my black OM-2 which is quite obviously older than
>the
> > >2n doesn't have one. I remember the MD was to indicate operation with
MD
> > >was possible but thought that once all the bodies were MD capable that
>this
> > >tag was dropped. To see one on the 2n was a bit of a surprise. I forget
> > >whether my now sold chrome OM-2n had a MD label (I don't think so).
> >
> > I think you might have it backward
> > Someone mentioned one time that the MD tag was as much for advertising
as
>it
> > was to mark the camera (for functional purposes) as MD compatible. My
>early
> > OM-2 (SN 1361XX) does not have an MD label. My 2n (SN 8479XX) does, as
>does
> > my OM-1n (SN 1992XXX). Therefore, I think it became fashionable and
>lasted
> > throughout the production of the 1(n)'s and 2(n)'s. (I also have OM-1n
SN
> > 2XXXXXX made in 86 that has an MD tag.)
> > On a different note, the MD tag showed up in progressively different
form.
> > I think it was a sticker above the self-timer, then a square tag in the
> > normal place (didn't K Rhodes have one of these?...where is K. Rhodes,
> > BTW?), then the rectangular one that is the most common. Do I have this
> > right, everyone?
> >
> > HTH,
> > --p.j.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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