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Re: [OM] Olympus FTL info

Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus FTL info
From: "k.matsumoto" <GHA02260@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 16:21:39 +0900
> I don't know much about this old beauty, except that it has always taken
> wonderful pictures. I understand the FTL was marketed for only about a
> year or so before the introduction of the OM System. Some have said it
> may have been made by Minolta for Olympus. I wasn't aware Minolta was
> into screw mount cameras, but it's possible.

I cannot guarantee this is true, but:
I hear that a project team completely independent from the OM team 
designed this camera.  And therefore this camera has a corrosion 
free pentaprism design, unlike the OM bodies.  Someone said it looks 
like an incomplete copy of Pentax SP.

kazuya matsumoto

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