I have two of them with copyright dates of 1982 and 1987. There are
versions with dates of 1979, 81, 82, 83, 85 and 87. The 1987 book is
the one illustrated on ebay and could be the last of the series but I
don't know that. Obviously, the book's contents seem edited down to
meet a page count. The 1982 version is 200 pages while the 1987 book is
only 176 pages. Much of the page count reduction is attributable to a
smaller font but the book doesn't cover all models... perhaps only what
was currently available new at the time of publication. The 1982 book
only covers the OM-1n, OM-2n and the various incarnations of the OM-10.
The 1987 book covers the OM-1n, OM-2s, OM-3, OM-4 and 4Ti, OM-PC and
OM-77AF. There are only a few pages specific to each model and the
majority of the coverage is general usage and use of accessories.
Shipman wrote similar books not only for Olympus but also Canon, Minolta
MF and AF, Nikon and Pentax. I also have his 1978 Canon version.
Undoubtedly bought for a couple of bucks at a used book store.
Chuck Norcutt
Wiliam Wagenaar wrote:
> Hi Dawid,
>
> It's an interesting book indeed, I have at least one issue of the series. It
> is not as thorough at the Mannheim however.
>
> Wiliam
>
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