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Olympus[1] is one of pioneer camera manufacturers in Japan. The first camera Semi-Olympus from Olympus was released in 1936. It was an expensive camera priced at ¥105 yen; a typical starting wage in 1936 was only ¥75 yen a month.

Olympus FTL

The Olympus FTL [2]was a 35mm SLR sold by Olympus between 1971 and 1972. It was a transition model between the Pen F half-frame SLR and full-frame M-1. The FTL was a very traditional SLR with 42mm screw lenses.

Lens

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Accessories

Despite of the relatively short product life cycle, there was still a full range of accessories available for FTL.

  • Set of three extending rings
  • Macro bellows
  • Focusing rail
  • Slide copier
  • Microscope adapter
  • Close-up lenses, two models
  • Repro stand
  • Electronic flash unit
  • Filters
  • Lens hoods

References

  1. ^ Home Page. Olympus Global Gateway and Corporate Information.
  2. ^ Olympus FTL. John Foster, 2006.

See also