www.zuiko.com/maitani_plate.htm
I have some of these plates. They were put on some 2Ns in the early 80S
(and the bottoms engraved for the dealer with either his name or ss number)
given to dealers who sold a certain dollar amount of OM equipment. They are
not authentic "signed Maitani" bodies. Maitani scribed his name inside the
area where the box flap goes.
First 10 people I hear from by email will get a free Maitani plate as shown
in the ebay picture. USA only (and since it's free and this kind of item
....well.....is extremely limited, if it gets lost in the mail, there can be
no replacements sent out).
I posted a picture of these plates awhile ago but I figure either no one
cared or noone went to look at it.
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John Hermanson www.zuiko.com
Camtech, Olympus Sales & Service since 1977
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Dapoz" <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM-2n signed by Maitani
> 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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