Iwert is correct. The free adapter was the MA-1 and was only marked as
"4/3 adapter" and "Made in Japan". Also, I vaguely remember something about
the MA-1 being ever so slightly thinner than the MF-1, but I can't recall
the website where I read that.
http://www.wrotniak.net/photo/43/any-lens.html
Scroll down the "Lens Adapter".
Charlie
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:01 AM, iwert bernakiewicz <zuikooh@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> If I remember correctly the first batch which was given out for free was
> without any markings,so it does not have to be a knock off!
>
> Iwert
>
> 2008/12/2 John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > It's a knock-off.
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> > Olli Hänninen wrote:
> > > I am considering of buying a used MF1 adapter because I found one used
> > for a
> > > low price. (I have one but having an additional piece is always nice in
> > what
> > > comes to olympus stuff :-)
> > >
> > > The seller wrote me that the adapter has no text "Olympus MF1" on it
> but
> > > that it looks just the same as MF1 and he bought it used in a same case
> > as
> > > MF1. He thought it might be an older version of MF1.
> > >
> > > I started to seriously doubt whether it really is an olympus
> manufactured
> > > adapter. Do you happen to know whether MF1's have been produced with no
> > > Olympus-text on it?
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Olli
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