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[OM] Re: Semihard case difference

Subject: [OM] Re: Semihard case difference
From: "CyberSimian" <OlySimian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 04:06:18 -0000
Ali Shah wrote:
> Whats an "ERC"?

"ERC" stands for the phrase "Ever Ready Case", which several decades ago was
a popular name for the two-piece cases that accommodate a camera body plus
attached lens.

> This case is plastic...are the older cases leather?

The cases that Olympus called "hard cases" were made from a gorgeous tan
leather, and sell for exhorbitant prices on that auction site.  (I had one
years ago but sold it for peanuts!)

The "semi-hard cases" are made from "leatherette", which is a euphemism for
plastic/vinyl that is made to look like leather.

-- from Cy in the UK


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