I think Mark Dapoz has more info on this. Early tops and bottoms were,
I think, nickel plated, then painted black.
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Daniel Sepke wrote:
> Bill,
>
> I have had one of these white metal top plate OM-1's pass through my hands a
> couple of years back. I recall think it was odd but don't recall any of the
> important details like serial number and if it was an early MD model (based
> on the logo placement). Personally I wonder if it was an experiment with an
> alloy top of some kind? The paint was certainly different looking and looked
> more like it was peeling off rather than worn off. Perhaps this is another
> fun variant for the history books? Can you take the top off and weigh it
> against a known brass one?
>
> Dan S.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of NSURIT@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Is it just my not paying attention or what?
>
> Beats me. I now have three black OM 1s. two are serial numbers over
> 1,000,000 and the other is the one I was wondering about. The two are
> brass the
> other silver base metal. Bill Barber
>
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