[KOML] KO History

[pjcaplow@sprynet.com]

Clive:

A couple corrections to your latest posting:

You described 4 models:

Koni-Omega Rapid  (knob operated darkslide)  (mine says "Konica" on the back!)
Koni Rapid-Omega 100  (separate darkslide, non changeable back mid-roll)
Koni Rapid-Omega 200  (separate darkslide, changeable back mid-roll)
Koni Rapid-Omega "M"  (separate darkslide, changeable back mid-roll)

Actually, the 100 and 200 were not called Koni but simply Rapid Omega 100 and 
Rapid Omega 200.  To get REALLY nit-picky, the name on the front of the Rapid 
Omega was not hyphenated the way it was on the Koni-Omega.  My evidence of this 
is the 12/81 Modern Photography Annual Guide, page 146, which includes a picture 
of the Rapid Omega 100 as well as the "Rapid Omega 100 & 200 Owner's Manual 
(available on the web at http://www.skypoint.net/members/jcwatne/omega.html).

You also stated that: "The standard lenses also changed over the years.  The 
earlier lenses are marked "Super Omegon" ... Later lenses are marked Koni-Omega 
Hexanon..."

This is backwards.  According to the Modern Photography Guide cited above, the 
Rapid Omega 100 (the very last model Omega) came with the Super Omegon. The 
earlier Koni-Omegas made by Konica were equipped with the Hexanon lens.  Hexanon 
is a Konica trademark.  In fact, I own a Konica Autoreflex T3 that came with a 
Hexanon lens.