On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Piers Hemy wrote:
>
> I think Mark Dapoz has a page of "How to identify a real M-1" at
> http://olympus.dementia.org but as a starter I would always check that there
> are four pins in the film guide - nit a sign of an M-1 itself, but a
> confirmation that it is an early body. It's too easy to switch top plates
> and put a non-MD bottom plate on.
You can find my records database here: http://olympus.dementia.org/M-1
Basically any body with a serial number higher than 175000 would be suspect.
An OM-1 with a bottom plate with a serial number less than 175000 is difficult
to find. Most of those OM-1 non-MD bodies were originally M-1's which had
their top plate replaced by Olympus.
-mark
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