Yeah, it is uncomfortable to hold compared to factory covering.
"Ruggedized" was the phrase, tha's it.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Wallich <pw@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Ritz OM Covering
| At 1:14 PM -0700 6/10/00, "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
|
|
| >I just got in an OM-1N for service which has "custom" rubber covering
| >offered by Ritz (must be early 80s). Here's a picture of it:
| >
| >http://www.zuiko.com/1n_rubber.htm
| >
| >The rubber has a diamond pattern to it. Anyone remember these?
|
| Could even be late 70s. When I got my OM-1 (since stolen)
| in summer 1978, they were offering that "ruggedized" covering for
| eitherthe same price or a $10 increment. I didn't get it because it
| didn't seem to offer any protection and was also slightly harder to
| hold (if memory serves me correctly, it was some kind of almost-hard
| plastic rather than rubber, and a little bit slick, so that damp
| fingers would be right out).
|
| I wonder how many of these modified OM's were sold. They certainly looked
| imposing.
|
| paul
|
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| Paul Wallich pw@xxxxxxxxx
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