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Subject: [OM] Re: M1
From: Jim Brokaw <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 12:01:34 -0800
on 3/2/04 9:34 AM, foto@xxxxxxxxx at foto@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hi!
> New member to this list but old time OM user who has decided to get
> back to the basics.
> But I have a small problem that I hope others on this list can help me
> with.
> I just bought a M1 with a 55mm 1.2 but on my way home the light meter
> stopped working. Not a major problem as I have warranty but what I need
> to find out is how uncommon are M1  compared to OM1. I am afraid that a
> repair will cost more than I paid for the camera and that the shop will
> want to exchange it for a OM1.  So if anyone can advise me as to the
> value of a M1 as opposed to a OM1 I would appreciate it.  Will it be to
> my advantage to try to keep the M1? Even if it ends upp costing me a
> bit more than an exchange OM1?
> Thanks in advance for any help!
> Mats

Hello - Welcome to the last place you will have any money...!

The M1 is considerably more rare than the OM-1. I believe I saw somewhere
the total production of M1-badged bodies was only a few thousand, and the
OM-1 sold more than a million bodies.

I think a clean M1 body is probably worth at least three or four times as
much as a similar condition OM-1. Having said that, there are very few
differences mechanically from the M1 to OM-1, so the repairs should be
feasible and not any more expensive unless you need specific cosmetic parts
e.g. top plate, etc.  A meter mechanism is probably a direct equivalent
between the M1 and the OM-1.

I would NOT let the shop exchange the M1 for an OM-1... they should either
repair the M1, or you can get probably the best repairs you will find
anywhere from either John H. or Clint, both of whom monitor this list.
-- 

Jim Brokaw
OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...




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