>james olson wrote:
>i am having troubles with my om-4. actually i always have trouble with
>all my olympus stuff. hooray! anyway, the problem is that when cold
>outside, and using the self timer, the camera does not complete the self
>timer cycle. it just starts beeping and beeping over and over. when i
>reset the camera, and test the battery, the battery tests as fine.......
>so if the battery has enough voltage, why do i loose my camera in the
>cold? i've had this trouble again and again and again.
>does anyone feel a cold weather pack would help, as diagrammed earlier
>on this group, or do i have another problem with the body?
>thanks.
Emerging from my lurking hiatus to answer James' question:
I believe this is just typical behavior for an OM-4. I have the same
problem with mine when I venture out in the frigid Illinois weather
(currently it's 11°F). When the batteries get cold they just don't have
enough juice to power the self timer (it uses 12 mA). The battery check
only uses 7 mA so that probably explains why the batteries check out OK.
Visit the FAQ at
http://www.astro.wellesley.edu/lhawkins/photo/olympus.faq.html for more
info.
My experience is that the OM-4 can still take pictures at temperatures
which don't allow the self timer to work. If you need to use a timer in
cold weather, B&H and Adorama sell a mechanical timer for about $30 that
screws into the shutter release.
Bill Rice
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