I think all 4Ts and 4Tis came with chrome battery/md caps.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: Jonny Saljefeldt <jonny.saljefeldt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 5:21 PM
Subject: [OM] Om4 question
| Hello List,
|
| I've been lurking here for some time (in digest mode), and learning a
| lot about Olympus and OM!
|
| I am an OM-user since 1976, when I bought my first OM1 MD and Zuiko
| 28/3.5 new. Both are still very usable, in spite of their age and not
| being CLAed.
|
| Now please have patience and listen to my first question:
|
| Recently I acquired a used black OM4 and Zuiko 35-70/4 lens for a good
| (in Sweden that is!) price - approximately 580 USD. The body is in
| *very* good condition, and it appears to have been used very little. It
| has almost no signs of wear, except a small brassy spot above one of the
| strap lugs. Works perfectly.
|
| The body has s/n 1125xxx and date code TNF33 (March 1986?). What puzzles
| me somewhat is this: Has this camera ever been serviced? The battery and
| motor drive caps are silver, and the small opening at the bottom for the
| motor drive rewind is also silver. When I look at the pictures of Tom
| Scale's 2 black OM4s at his Zuikoholic website, I see that both (with
| lower serial numbers than mine) have black caps and black rewind
| openings. I remember reading somewhere that Oly stopped making black
| caps some time after the OM4T(i) was introduced, but when was this
| exactly? Was it maybe earlier? The caps could have been replaced of
| course, but the rewind connection is not so easy to change, I imagine.
|
| I haven't been able to measure the battery drain, but the battery check
| signal shuts off after 30 seconds.
|
| Jonny Saljefeldt
| Sweden
|
| PS
| A complete list of my OM gear follows:
| OM1 MD (2)
| OM2N
| OM4
| T20 flash
| Zuiko 21/3.5 (yes!)
| Zuiko 28/3.5
| Zuiko 50/1.8 (of course!)
| Zuiko 100/2.8
| Zuiko 35-70/4
| Tokina 200/3.5
| Sigma 70-150/3.5-4
| DS
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