We're all just speculating on the reason for the blacked out lettering.
There isn't only one answer. I have a black OM-4T and I have the logo
covered with electrical tape to make the camera look more like a no-name
camera than one that is expensive. Some people are name-brand averse to an
extreme.
I've also seen cameras in advertisements with blacked out names. It may
have been done after the shot, but I'll bet that before the advent of
digital processing many ad agencies had blacked out cameras hanging around
to use a props.
Skip
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Recovering blacked out "Olympus"?
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:54:15 +0800
The black out of lettering is to prevent reflection. For some
photography works such as flat copy it is better to have the tripod
and camera in black, otherwise you have to cover them carefully.
C.H.Ling
Ed Senior wrote:
>
> It sounds like this camera was purchased overseas and brought into the
> U.S. by an individual. I remember that, due to trademark restrictions,
> some cameras were not allowed to come into the U.S. with the
> manufacturer's name visible, so it had to be obliterated before it could
> be passed by Customs. I guess that, since you appear to be the third
> owner (counting the camera store) there's no reason for that prohibition
> to remain in effect, if that is what, in fact, happened.
>
> Ed Senior
>
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