I purchased my chrome OM-2 new in 1976. It is not badged MD, but it is motor
drive capable. It still looks and works great. I have no first hand knowledge
of the OM-2n models.
Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: Rand E <rtomcala@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, June 23, 2008 16:03
Subject: [OM] Re: OM-2 variants
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> I purchased an OM-2 new (and still have), and it was never
> badged in any
> way as MD. That being said, it was motor drive capable.
> Rand E.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> AG Schnozz wrote:
> > I'm having an off-line argument with somebody over the
> variants of the OM-2 body.
> >
> > To the best of my knowledge, there were only THREE versions of
> the OM-2 made: OM-2md, OM-2n, and OM-2sp. The OM-2n
> had a few refinements over the 2md, but supposably, they were
> electronic in nature. I believe that there are actually
> two variants of the OM-2md caused by the change in the metering
> pattern on the shutter-curtain.
> >
> > Was there ANY physical changes made to the OM-2n that made it
> different than the OM-2md? I maintain that it actually
> feels different and may have a slightly different Center of Gravity.
> >
> > What changed in the OM-2n and why is it different than the OM-2md?
> >
> > AG
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