I believe it is an OM-1n, I have a LNIB with S/N (2215xxx) very close to
this one (2219xxx) and also has MD badge. On the other hand I worry it will
really look mint as there is flash shoe attached, if it has been there since
1987 there must be marks on top, mine has hot shoes marks too :-(
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Worby" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Andrew McPhee wrote:
>
>>> Congratulations to Zuiko7 (I believe a list member) who just won a
>>> never used/new in box OM1 eBay #3863054101.
>>
>> Lucky person, I'm jealous! There can't be many genuine "mint"
> examples
>> like that left...
>
> There's something very fishy about it.
>
> The vendor says "I purchased the camera in 1987 (new, we can assume,
> since he says it's never been used -- how else could he know if he
> didn't buy it new?).
> Yet the OM-1 was only made until 1979. And I suspect the vast majority
> post-74 were MD versions (which this isn't).
> So there's at least 8 years of this camera's life that aren't accounted
> for, and it may well be as many as 13 years.
>
> Hmmmmmm.......
>
> Simon
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