Thank you very much for this additionnal information regarding the
circumstances of the production of dummies.
Jean-Pierre Vergine
----- Original Message -----
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 1:27 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: New member and question on dummies Olympus Pen
>
> Dummy usually produce before the final production unit come out (as
> working
> sample is not available yet), which is for marketing purpose and
> independing
> of the cost of the camera. I also have a Pen (non working, S/N 156595)
> with
> a Copal shutter (no X) but have flash socket.
>
> C.H.Ling
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jean-Pierre Vergine" <vergine@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>>
>> Thank you for your message,
>>
>> Indeed, the Olympus Pen has been produced by a subcontractor of Olympus
>> in
>> 1959 and 1960 till Olympus took over the production in 1960.
>>
>> But, what about the dummies Pen. Mine has a shutter marked Copal , and
>> not
>> Copal X, despite the fact that it has a flash plug on the left side on
>> the
>> front side, seen from the back. Its serial number is 134189.
>>
>> I wonder me why dummies have been made from this camera, which was a
>> rather
>> simple and not too expensive one.
>>
>> In my opinion, it does not make sense to build dummies from cameras with
>> low
>> production costs, unless at the beginning of the production, the quanties
>> were not so large.
>>
>> Sincerely yours
>>
>> Jean-Pierre Vergine
>
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