----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Troy" <sctroy@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] Re: low serial no OM-1 MD + low serial no 50/1.4
> At 11:00 PM 1/7/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>>
>>Marv sold a low serial no OM-1 MD ... 113474
>>with a low serial no 50/1.4 ... 116063
>>
>>The OM1 ser no is within the M-1 range while the lens is the lowest I've
>>seen.
>>
>>Sold 177.50 yabe 3863847278
>>
>>I was tempted to go after the possibly radioactive 1.4 but it sold too
>>high.
>>
>>-jeff
>
>
> That's not an OM-1 bottom plate, as it has an MD cover and a very low
> serial number. It must be a OM-2 base plate that has been swapped. An
> OM-1/M-1 base plate with that serial number would not have a hole for the
> MD connection. Perhaps this was an old OM-1 that was converted to motor
> drive, so they needed a new bottom plate for it. Nice looking camera,
> though.
>
> Steve Troy
>
Thanks Steve,
I didn't think about the bottom plate having been taken from an OM-2!
(A simple explanation that I'll probably remember.)
-jeff
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