In a message dated 5/30/98 10:55:40 PM, Tom C. wrote:
>>I got both my bodies back from John H. this week. One is a OM-2 MD
>>and the other is a OM-2S. Both needed batteries so I dug around in
>>the camera bag and came up with a set of 357's and a set of 357A's
(I
>>bought them by mistake). I well know that some OM cameras simply
>>won't work properly with anything but the 357 but my OM-2S works
(at
>l>east fires) with almost anything I put into it. As long as the
>>camera fired properly I figured I could get away with 'wrong'
>>batteries for a while.
>>
>>[snip].
>>
>>I guess I've learned my lesson on what battery to use. Do what
John
>>tells us to do and use the 357! Now I need to get out and put some
>>film through the cameras.
>>
>>Tom
>Tom,
>
>Didn't you listen as I recanted my tale of woe at the SoCal OlyFest
last
>weekend? Ah, well live and learn;-)
>
>Kerry
I think that the sad part is that I did listen but didn't learn,
until later.
i.e. I knew better, but.......
Tom
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