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Subject: [OM] Re: Can anyone identify this Zuiko?
From: "Simon Worby" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:06:38 -0000
Jim Brokaw wrote:

> The description is clearly inaccurate:
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3858841843
> 
> Another image at:
> 
> http://www.lestac.co.uk/om/IMG_1328.JPG
> 
> What series does it fit, etc.? Roughly what age is it?
>
>
> Simon -- I think that is a 50/1.8 for the Olympus FTL, a predecessor to the
> OM-1. I believe the FTL was made from late 1960's (c. 1969) to 1972 when the
> OM-1 was released. Some of the first OM lenses duplicate focal lengths and
> apertures of the FTL lenses, but the 'system' was nowhere near as broad.
> Among the M42 cameras the FTL has a middling reputation, considered good
> quality but with no groundbreaking features. The OM-1, on the other hand,
> was revolutionary.

Thanks. I've passed the info on to the vendor who will re-list the item 
accordingly.

Simon
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