Tom Scales wrote:
>
> This is an interesting OM-1. I would hope it is solid gold, given his
> asking price.
It's plated. Maybe in the former East Bloc, like quite a few cameras
these days. Most are fake Leicas, which are now plentiful enough to be
sold for the novelty value. I don't think this is an Olympus plating
job. First of all, a reference to such an edition would have popped up
on this list. Secondly, although the seller claims there's no "special
box", I can't believe Olympus would make this camera without some kind
of special case or documentation--like the gold Rollei 35.
Gold plating is not that expensive. Most of the cost is in preparing
the parts, which have to be cleaned and de-chromed. Sometimes there's
nickel already underneath, but usually the parts have to get dunked for
nickel first, then the gold. At work, I use a plating company in
Providence, R.I. (Where most US plating is done) for plating logos and
cut-out letters. I've never asked my contact there about plating camera
parts, but maybe I should at these prices.
Morgan Sparks
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