Maitani-san does not (quite) share your opinion, John. Designed by a
third-party, but made by Olympus. See John Foster's write-up:
http://www.biofos.com/cornucop/ftl.html
The other report which John mentions he "stumbled upon" is, I assume, this
page:
http://tinyurl.com/66d5bgn (an old Geocities page accessed via the Wayback
machine)
Piers
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From: John Hermanson [mailto:omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 28 January 2011 13:59
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] Question about an Olympus FTL
I've only had one FTL apart and it was a dog. I still say, imo, it was not
made be Olympus.
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On 1/27/2011 8:59 PM, Martin Walters wrote:
> I came across one reasonably locally (with 50/1.8), but too far away
> to examine. It's in OK condition, meter works, the seals are gone and
> the blades show signs of oil. So, pretty much as expected.
>
> However - and here's the question (for John H, obviously, but perhaps
> for others who have one). When I opened the battery compartment, there
> was an/the battery. Took it out and all I could see in the bottom was
> a black gooey-looking circular mess. The centre contact was just fine,
> nice and shiny.
>
> After some muttering under breath, I took a small screwdriver to the
> black stuff, fearing the worst. To my surprise and relief it just
> lifted off a chrome ring, with absolutely no sign of corrosion. So,
> now I have a nice clean battery compartment with a silver ring at the
> bottom which includes the centre contact. None of my older Oly cameras
> are similar, all having a black (?plastic)layer with the centre contact
poking through.
>
> What gives? All I can assume is there was an insulating layer attached
> to the ring. Anybody got more info?
>
> Martin
>
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