You are absolutely right, generally speaking I was wrong. After looking
through the arcives , and finding the thread I was thinking of, I realized I
forgot about the serial number thing. Although, the #'s in this thread are
different from those you found.
>From an old John H. post:
"OM-1 were made with no prism foam from (approx) 1,119,xxx (3/77) through
1,623,xxx (11/78)."
My camera falls within this broader set of #'s, but not the ones you
mentioned, (actually, this was your post I got these #'s from) . So, as you
said, I guess I'll know for sure when I get inside it.
Thanks again for all the help, Darin.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 1:46 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: Flash not working on OM-1?
> Darin Rhein wrote:
>
>>Moose,
>>
>>This is an OM-1MD, it was my understanding that the MD's don't have the
>>foam
>>in them. I believe I read that here on the list, a month or two ago.
>>Please
>>correct me if I'm wrong!
>>
>>
> You are certainly wrong in the generality, as many 1MD bodies were made
> with prism foam. More specifically, according to John H.-
>
> Speaking of prism rot, I started keeping records of what OM-1s were made
> without prism foam. These are plain 1s not 1Ns. Serial numbers between
> at least 1219832 and 1545751 had no foam. Those are the limits of the
> range now, it may go farther on both sides.
>
> Earliest cameras did have it, then they left it out for awhile, then
> they put it back in.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> By plain 1s, he means both kinds, MD and not.
>
> It doesn't really matter much if you are going in. You will know the
> answer when you get there.
>
> Moose
>
>
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