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Re: [OM] OM-1 serial numbers

Subject: Re: [OM] OM-1 serial numbers
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 10:00:47 -0500
My repair database shows OM-1 chrome ending around 1,593,xxx.  The 1N
starting around 1,644,xxx.  The start of 1N production also signaled the
start of the factory using  prism foam again.

OM-1 were made with no prism foam from  (approx)   1,119,xxx (3/77) through
1,623,xxx (11/78).
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger D. Key" <rdk@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 1:28 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM-1 serial numbers


>
> The OM-1MD in question has the old style back ( old pressure plate, old
> film cassette pressure plate), so I am almost certain that it is the
> original back; paint matches too. The highest serial number for a non -n
> OM-1 that I have is an OM-1 from November '77 with serial number #13780xx.
> The oldest OM-1n I have has serial number 13109xx. So a serial number of
> #2127492 seems very high, unless it is a special number range for spare
> bottom plates.
>
> Roger Key
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 11/24/2003 7:08:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> rdk@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> > I have just bought two black OM-1's, a non-MD and an MD. The non-MD has
a
> > serial number #1506xx, and a production date (from the pressure plate)
of
> > Feb 1974. the MD  has a serial number #2127492, and a production date of
> > October 1974. Is the high serial number feasible, or has the base plate
> > been swapped?
>
>
> I think it's more likely that the back on the MD was swapped for one from
> an
> older model. Easier to chage backs than bottom plates.
>
> Paul
>
>
>



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