Last night I asked Olympus, via their www site the same question I asked below.
And got the following reply. Hows that for quick service?
Does anyone know what the "meter" is on this camera? Or what "ditch lines" are?
thanks
David
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"Dear Mr. Carter,
Thank you for your e-mail concerning your camera.
While appreciating your interest, it is not clear from those pictures
if your camera is genuine Sanko Shoji Pen or a genuine Pen Original.
Since it is possible to replace the cover of those camera.
The genuine Sanko Shoji Pen and the Pen original has following
features on the top of those cameras.
*If the hand of the meter is gold, it is Sanko Shoji Pen.
But if it is silver, it will be Pen original.
*You can also identify with the mark beside the external flash shoe.
With the Sanko Shoji Pen, the stick does not go through the circle.
The stick goes through the circle with the Pen Original's mark.
*The 3 ditch lines above the serial number will be horizontal
in the Sanko Shoji Pen, but it will be vertical in the Pen original.
If you have any other questions, please contact our service center
at the following address.
*** Service center in New Zealand ***
H. E. Perry Ltd.
97 Nazareth Avenue, P.O. Box 111.
Middleton Christchurch
Tel: 64 3 339-0028
Fax: 64 3 338-1176
E-mail: service@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thank you.
Best regards,
K. Suemitsu
Customer Support Center
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. Tokyo, Japan "/
Piers Hemy wrote:
> I am no Pen expert, but in favour of it being an original Sanko Shoji made
> Pen, David, it has a 28/3.5 lens, it has what looks to be a pre-Olympus
> style shutter release with side-to-side grooves, and it has black rather
> than grey leatherette.
>
> On the other hand, the lens outer ring has a white line around 270degrees,
> rather than having flash range markings opposite the aperture markings,
> whoch I think was a feature of the Sanko Shoji Pen.
>
> My bet is that it is a very early Olympus-assembled Pen made using parts
> from Sanko Shoji. John Foster's page has some helpful hints:
> http://www.biofos.com/coll/subcoll/vfpen.html
>
> And there are pictures here (look at the third image):
> http://homepage1.nifty.com/olympuspen/camgal/pen02.htm
>
> --
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of David Carter
> Sent: 02 July 2007 08:46
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Can anyone ID this Pen ???
>
>
> I've just bought a single lug Pen camera, as can be seen @
>
> The Front
> http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q135/muggnz/1-lug%20pen/?action=view&curr
> ent=front.jpg
> The Back
> http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q135/muggnz/1-lug%20pen/?action=view&curr
> ent=back.jpg
> The Bottom
> http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q135/muggnz/1-lug%20pen/?action=view&curr
> ent=bottom.jpg
> The Top
> http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q135/muggnz/1-lug%20pen/?action=view&curr
> ent=top.jpg
> The film back
> http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q135/muggnz/1-lug%20pen/?action=view&curr
> ent=filmback.jpg
> The film chamber
> http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q135/muggnz/1-lug%20pen/?action=view&curr
> ent=inside.jpg
> The Filter
> http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q135/muggnz/1-lug%20pen/?action=view&curr
> ent=filter.jpg
> ( lousy picture, sorry )
>
> Does anyone know if this is a genuine /Sanko Shoji Pen /or a genuine /Pen
> Original???
>
> /Secondly does anyone have a replacement viewfinder they're willing to part
> with?
>
> TIA
> David
>
>
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