The FTL was considered a "dog" to work on by Olympus FACTORY (Japanese)
technicians even when you had all the parts at your disposal. They were
still doing them in house when I joined the company in late '77. Every
once in a while, one would ccome in for an estimate and you'd here the
technician mumble "....kuso...."
In answer to your question, I don't work on FTLs.
John
Matthias Wilke wrote:
>
> >There would be few if any numbers below 100,000 most likely. OM-4
> >production started at 1,000,000, though I found 1 body (by going through
> >a container from Olympus Tokyo) with 0951956.
> >I found a low number on a 2N of 520XXX but then found a regular 2 with
> >550XXX.
> >
> >John
>
> These six-digit figures are typical for older lenses or for very
> specialized lenses like the 90mm 1:2, the 100mm 1:2 and so on. Very popular
> lenses and bodies have seven-digit figures like the 50mm 1:1,8 and 1:1,4
> and so on (except for very early specimen). BTW, John, is it possible for
> you to repair an old Olympus FTL with defect "clockwork". Here in Germany,
> nobody can repair them. You can answer offline to me concernig this
> question.
> Regards,
> Matthias Wilke
>
>
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