My first Olympus SLR

Krisgage · Joined: 16 Mar 2009 Posts: 522 Location: Singapore

My 1st Olympus SLR is the rare, short lived, 1 and only Olympus M42 screw mount camera, Olympus FTL. I did not know Olympus actually made M42 camera until I saw someone over here post a sale ad on it. Its a pity it did not comes with original Olympus M42 lens. I had not tried the metering as I am trying to get the battery. The shutters works fine till 1/60. Slower than that, 1/30, the mirror will stuck up. The light seal had corroded.

Background info taken from

http://www.olympus-global.com/en/corc/history/camera/om.cfm

With the launch of the Olympus FTL in 1971, Olympus targeted overseas markets for the first time. It was a single-lens reflex camera with a 42mm Practica mount. Six lenses were available, ranging from 28mm to 200mm. Though the camera used a screw-mount system, it also featured a stopper to fix the position of the lens and provided precise exposure linkage based on open-aperture metering. The Olympus FTL was on the market for only a short time, since its role ended with the appearance of the OM-1.

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hexi · Joined: 01 Jul 2009 Posts: 853 Location: France

Great stuff ! i didn't knew Olympus have done a M42 mount either. Anyway i wish you great pictures with this gem Cool

Xpres · Joined: 11 Dec 2007 Posts: 613 Location: UK

Very nice - and very collectable!
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Attila · Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 27569 Location: Budapest,Hungary

Congrats for this beauty! I hears these cameras are not manufactured by Olympus they dropped onto market because OM series had significant delay.
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casualcollector · Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:21 am Post subject:

Good find, Kris! One of the interesting dead ends in 35mm SLR development. The Ricoh Auto TLS was another. Shutter priority automatic exposure with M42 lenses.
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Mal1905 · Joined: 30 Oct 2008 Posts: 1171 Location: Dublin, Ireland

Nice catch Kris - I'm also on the lookout for a nice but cheap FTL at the moment. I won a 'don't know what I'm letting myself in for, as there are no photos of the gear, but $15.00 can't be bad' Spotmatic some months ago which was advertised as coming with "a 50mm lens". Imagine my surprise and genuine delight when the lens turned out to be a Zuiko 1.8/50 in M42 mount. And in immaculate condition Smile

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Krisgage · Joined: 16 Mar 2009 Posts: 522 Location: Singapore

Thanks guys for your comment !

I got a Olympus M42 50mm f1.8 to fit this camera and to my suprise, it is the same seller ! Shocked

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Laurence · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:36 pm Post subject:

Gorgeous lines on the camera! It is very cool that you got this fairly rare equipment. I would love to see results from the camera and any lens.
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Cameras in Use: Yashica Mat 124 w/ Yashinon 80/3.5, Revueflex 3003 w/ M42 lenses, Takumar 55/1.8, CV Apo-Lanthar 90/3.5SL, Soligor 35-70, Super Tak 300/6.3, Yashica Electro 35 w/ Yashinon 1.7, Pentax 645 w/Pentax 55/2.8, Pentax 150/3.5, and Pentax 75/2.8 , Pentax ZX-5n with M42 adapter

CaptainPenguin · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:43 am Post subject:

Only ever knew about OM mount Olympus camers had no idea that they did M42,are the lenses as good as the OM Zuiko's