Ummm no not exactly.... my OM-2 Black that is completely unmodified is SN
30133x.
It has Centre Weighted Old curtain and no MD silver label.
So there's one at least that breaks the 100-200,000 'rule' ....
Oben
At 11:13 PM Tuesday 24/07/2001, you wrote:
You're saying that serial number has center weighted curtains? (White dots
bunching up near the center of the curtain, running horizontally). If so,
then at some time , the bottom cover was replaced on that body. 580xxx is
near the changeover point to the 2N. All CW curtain OM-2s are between
100,000 and 200,000.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernd Möller" <dsl33687a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Paradoxical MD labelling on OM-2's
Just to contribute with some information to narrow the SN periods here:
My 5840xx OM-2 also has no MD label. It's the version with the early curtain
pattern.
Regards
Bernd Möller
----- Original Message -----
From: <johnsonpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Paradoxical MD labelling on OM-2's
> >Since I received the newest body to my collection (an exc+) OM-2n black I
> >noticed it has a rectangular silver MD label in the usual spot like my
old
> >chrome OM-1. However my black OM-2 which is quite obviously older than
the
> >2n doesn't have one. I remember the MD was to indicate operation with MD
> >was possible but thought that once all the bodies were MD capable that
this
> >tag was dropped. To see one on the 2n was a bit of a surprise. I forget
> >whether my now sold chrome OM-2n had a MD label (I don't think so).
>
> I think you might have it backward
> Someone mentioned one time that the MD tag was as much for advertising as
it
> was to mark the camera (for functional purposes) as MD compatible. My
early
> OM-2 (SN 1361XX) does not have an MD label. My 2n (SN 8479XX) does, as
does
> my OM-1n (SN 1992XXX). Therefore, I think it became fashionable and
lasted
> throughout the production of the 1(n)'s and 2(n)'s. (I also have OM-1n SN
> 2XXXXXX made in 86 that has an MD tag.)
> On a different note, the MD tag showed up in progressively different form.
> I think it was a sticker above the self-timer, then a square tag in the
> normal place (didn't K Rhodes have one of these?...where is K. Rhodes,
> BTW?), then the rectangular one that is the most common. Do I have this
> right, everyone?
>
> HTH,
> --p.j.
>
>
>
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