My 2 cents:
I believe this is a body that matches much of what Mark describes. Curious
that the viewfinder is so deep into the body for an "early" OM-1. All the
1's I have seen that are truly OLD, have the viewfinder very close to the
back, less than 1/16". That was quite annoying to many users, ones without
glasses constantly getting the viewfinder greasy, users with glasses getting
false readings when there was any backlight through the finder.
Mark, I don't recall the # of the 1 you bought from me, but it seems pretty
close.
No original 1's, to my knowledge that were "MD'd" by Olympus received the MD
tag. They were simply upgraded for a cost of $50, if I remember correctly.
As I remember, the one's that received post-manufacture MD also received new
bottom plates.
My guess is that this is a rather late OM-1 that came as an MD model and
someone has moved the tag. If it is an MD model, then it isn't old compared
to "what could be".
Brian P. Huber
>
> At 01:45 PM 2/25/01 -0800, you wrote:
> >Update: Reviewing the picture from the base of the body, the
> 'decal' appears
> >in the same position and does not exhibit any signs of image
> tampering. I
> >was disturbed to see some scratching on the base. Looks like
> some name or
> >number was scratched or poorly engraved there, and
> obliterated later. The
> >Serial # appears to be 1754213, though it's not clear.
> Perhaps that would
> >help indicate the original production time and features of the body?
> >
> >Sorry to blather on...
> >
> >Mickey
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