Topic: Olympus Ecru Ltd 35mm camera

[mart]

Floating around hither and thither, I came across this rather unusual piece. Not much I could find out about it even after speaking with Olympus a few hours ago. Can anyone satisfy my curiousity?

[gregor]

10,000 copies for the japanese market and 10,000 copies for outside of japan - 20,000 total.  that's about all I can tell you ;-)

[Skorj]

From 1991:

?Olympus Ecru?是一款非常具有创意的照相机，于1991年开始销售。法语中?Ecru?的意思是?丝、麻等的本色?。奥林巴斯将其用于该款相机的名称中，正表示出奥林巴斯人?希望制造出人们爱用的摄影工具，帮助人们更好的享受象没有漂白过的原织布一样纯朴、自然并充满智慧的生活?这一热切愿望。当时， ?Olympus Ecru?白色的机身设计给人们留下了深刻的印象。 该机为限量生产，海外与国内市场的限定生产台数各为1万台。

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I see them sometimes, though not sure of the price (maybe \20,000 to \30,000 at a guess). Our man ArtsyKen here has another limited edition Oly from the same era, one of these:

[mart]

A few hours ago an Ecru went on ebay for US$92.

[euge...]

Both of the above are on the ffordes  site at the moment .

[sheetshooter]

Good grief, I had totally forgotten all about that second one you posted Skorj.

"Unbleached" for an intellectually enhanced life?  Deep.  Very deep.