Olympus's sole M42-mount SLR from 1970, bridging the screw-mount era and the revolutionary OM system to come.
The Olympus FTL is Olympus's first 35mm SLR camera, released in 1971 before the introduction of the Olympus OM system in 1973. The FTL used a unique bayonet mount that is not compatible with the later Olympus OM system. Olympus FTL mount.
35mm film SLR. Olympus FTL bayonet mount (not compatible with Olympus OM). TTL metering. Manual exposure. Mechanical shutter. At approximately 620g. Olympus FTL mount.
The Olympus FTL was a short-lived design — Olympus replaced it with the OM-1 just two years later in 1973, using a completely new mount system. The FTL mount is uncommon and lenses are scarce, making the FTL primarily a collector piece of Olympus camera history.
On the used market the Olympus FTL is a rare collector camera. Condition checks: shutter at all speeds, TTL metering, film transport. Olympus FTL mount — not compatible with OM lenses. Very limited lens availability.