I think you're right. I've just had a look at one of the picture from
the link you provided, Pen02-4.jpg
It clearly has vertical lines & a silver pointer.
So as mine has "The stick goes through the circle with the Pen
Original's mark." together with horizontal lines & a gold pointer. I
believe this confirms it as a crossover model.
thanks
David
Piers Hemy wrote:
> Very impressive, David!
>
> Speculative responses:
>
> "Ditch lines" means the engraved 'grips' on the shutter release
>
> "Meter" means the pointer on the frame counter
>
> --
> Piers
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of David Carter
> Sent: 04 July 2007 09:46
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Can anyone ID this Pen ??? - postscript from Oly
>
>
> 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
>
> /
> "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=vie
>> w&curr
>> ent=front.jpg
>> The Back
>> http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q135/muggnz/1-lug%20pen/?action=vie
>> w&curr
>> ent=back.jpg
>> The Bottom
>> http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q135/muggnz/1-lug%20pen/?action=vie
>> w&curr
>> ent=bottom.jpg
>> The Top
>> http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q135/muggnz/1-lug%20pen/?action=vie
>> w&curr
>> ent=top.jpg
>> The film back
>> http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q135/muggnz/1-lug%20pen/?action=vie
>> w&curr
>> ent=filmback.jpg
>> The film chamber
>> http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q135/muggnz/1-lug%20pen/?action=vie
>> w&curr
>> ent=inside.jpg
>> The Filter
>> http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q135/muggnz/1-lug%20pen/?action=vie
>> w&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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