The FTL is collectible -- if you like collecting cameras that flopped
commercially.
The FTL was, as far as I know, the only real dud among Olympus cameras.
It had a screw-thread mount with a stop pin that positioned the lens at
the same position every time the lens was mounted. This allowed
full-aperture exposure readings. (At that time, most screw-thread
cameras required stop-down readings.)
Whoop-de-doo.
The FTL failed miserably. It was, unlike virtually everything else that
came from Olympus before or after, a "me-too" camera that showed no
imagination or innovation.
By the way, anodizing and electroplating are _not_ the same thing.
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