That went by fast!
Maybe the M1 I sorta-won
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1354970830 (seller
cancelled) was such a fake - look at the phillips screwheads on the
bottom.
Tom
On Wednesday, June 05, 2002 at 9:00, Dan Lau
<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "Re: [OM] Yet another M1 on evilbay..." saying:
> On Wed, 05 Jun 2002 11:23, "Mike Cormier" <ronaldcormier@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >55/1.2, 135/2.8 and 35/2.8 Zuikos AND a great condition M1... but I think a
> >list member is already the high bidder...lol This one is going to go for
> >ALOT I predict... no connection.
>
> >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1358083189
>
> Those are some very nice detail pictures of the camera. And they
> show the slotted screws used on both the body and the lens, which
> means they are genuinely "old" -- so the M-1 body is probably not
> a fake with a replaced top plate. I believe Olympus changed to
> using "cross" headed screws (Phillips screws) when they change to
> the OM-1. Too bad the lenses are not M-SYSTEM.
>
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