Almost ALL the lenses and bodies (up to the OM-2 and 10) started in production
with serial number 100,000.
OM-4 started near 1,000,000 (I had a 4 with ser. number 099,956. Bought it hand
picked out of an incoming container in the Olympus warehouse).
John
Mike Bloor wrote:
> I have looked at the serial numbers of all the Olympus equipment I own. The
> serial numbers seem to follow no pattern at all. The first lens I ever
> bought (an early 50mm 1.8) has the second highest serial number of all my
> equipment, including lenses which did not even exist when I bought the 50mm.
>
> If someone out there thinks that they can bring some sense to the numbers we
> could all send lists of our equipment (item, age if known, serial number,
> MC/SC if known) and it might provide a resourse which would help us guage
> the age and specification of other equipment offered for sale.
>
> Mike Bloor.
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