If that many M-1 cameras where produced, it would seem that many of them
would have survived.
Considering the fact that only 50-500 350 f2.8 lenses were produced, makes
the 350 appear that much more rarer?
I have heard that as little as 50 were made in the black version.
Sam...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Dapoz" <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Mmmmmm1
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, dolphans1 wrote:
>
> > Great M-1 page Michael, any idea of how many M-1's were actually
produced?
> >
> > I've heard that not many of them made it into the United States. Most
where
> > sold in Japan.
>
> I've always heard the number as being around 10,000 units, but after
> researching the serial number vs production datestamp, I'm not really
> convinced that's the right number. Assuming Olympus assigned serial
> numbers in a reasonably linear fashion, M-1's seem to terminate production
> around serial number 150,000. From the few datestamps I've collected, and
> assuming the datestamps on the film pressue plate are reasonably linear,
> it appears Olympus was producing around 5000-8000 bodies per month when
> the M-1 was renamed OM-1. So, I'd say the correct figure would be much
> higher than 10,000.
> -mark
>
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