Did the 180 2.8 come out at the same time as the M-1? I have never seen
one with silver nose, and I didn't know the 180 was that old.
On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 5:15 PM Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 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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> poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few
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> :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op <http://www.ecoreality.org/> ::::
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