I think if you ask him, Bill might 'fess up to having one of the even rarer
camouflage finish OM-3s. Great for shooting ducks (tape) out of a blind.
Or is that blind ducks that are out of shots..??
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Brokaw
>Subject: Re: [OM] FS - OM3, 40 f/2, F280, and other goodies
>
>
>Actually Jim & John, its a little-known fact that a small run
>of prototype OM-3 in chrome were made at the secret Wyoming
>factory. While most of them were, like most prototypes, either
>destroyed or archived within the facility it is possible that
>one or two have 'leaked' out... I think that Jonequinn would
>be *most* interested in getting one of these... but collectors
>everywhere would be interested. This is kind of like the gold
>Leicas... no different operationally, but a whole lot rarer
>than the mundane, run-of-the-mill OM-3's. <g>
>--
>
>Jim Brokaw
>OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
>
>
>
>
>on 11/12/03 8:18 AM, Jim Couch at jamesbcouch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> It is black of course, I should never post for sale stuff late at
>> night! :)
>>
>> Jim Couch
>>
>> John Hermanson wrote:
>>
>>> A chrome OM-3 huh?
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