> From: Steve Troy <sctroy@xxxxxxx>
>
> I had a black M-1 in my hands once - it was an obvious fake.
I have an OM Zuiko 180mm f/2.8 that, on the front ring, says "OLYMPUS M-SYSTEM
ZUIKO MC AUTO-T," with a serial of 100666, and no date code on the rear mount.
It is NOT silver-nosed. A have not peeled back the focus-ring rubber to look
for a date code, because the lens is near-mint.
I'm the second owner, having purchased it in August 1998 as part of a
whole-system buy; the seller said he bought them all new.
All my other OM lenses say "OM-SYSTEM" on the front ring. There's no witness
marks that would indicate the ring had been altered, and yet, I don't think
Olympus branded anything with "M-SYSTEM" since Leica made them stop using that
in the late 1970s.
Must be the serial number; caused their ring-imprinting mechanism to hiccup. :-)
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