On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Frank van Lindert wrote:
> I own two of these 2N's. The 'real' ones (like mine) certainly look
> different:
> http://home.hccnet.nl/frank.van.lindert/Frank/Maitani_1.jpg
>
> They were handed out to some winning sales dealers in the USA. I was
> told that about 100 were made...
There are two types of "signed" Maitani cameras. One is the type you show
above. It has the Maitani sticker applied to it and was indeed given out
to dealers. The second type is an actual signature from Maitani himself.
He regularly signed cameras for enthusiasts back in Olympus' heyday. As
C.H. pointed out, the difficulty with the second type is determining the
authenticity of the signature. There really is no way of determining if
Maitani actually signed it.
-mark
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