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Re: [OM] analogue M1 black real or fake ?

Subject: Re: [OM] analogue M1 black real or fake ?
From: Steve Troy <sctroy@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 11:57:37 -0500 (EST)
According to this site, it came out around 1980.

https://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/olympusom1n2/shared/zuiko/htmls/180mm1.htm

Steve Troy

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From: John Hermanson <jhermanson21@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 11:21:57 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: [OM] analogue M1 black real or fake ?

Did the 180 2.8 come out at the same time as the M-1?  I have never seen
one with silver nose,  and I didn't know the 180 was that old.

On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 5:15 PM Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > From: Steve Troy <sctroy@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > I had a black M-1 in my hands once - it was an obvious fake.
>
> I have an OM Zuiko 180mm f/2.8 that, on the front ring, says "OLYMPUS
> M-SYSTEM ZUIKO MC AUTO-T," with a serial of 100666, and no date code on the
> rear mount. It is NOT silver-nosed. A have not peeled back the focus-ring
> rubber to look for a date code, because the lens is near-mint.
>
> I'm the second owner, having purchased it in August 1998 as part of a
> whole-system buy; the seller said he bought them all new.
>
> All my other OM lenses say "OM-SYSTEM" on the front ring. There's no
> witness marks that would indicate the ring had been altered, and yet, I
> don't think Olympus branded anything with "M-SYSTEM" since Leica made them
> stop using that in the late 1970s.
>
> Must be the serial number; caused their ring-imprinting mechanism to
> hiccup. :-)
>
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