I never meant that they should replace the silver oxides, just that
if they worked in sub-zero temperatures OK they might be a lot more
convenient to just pop in when needed rather than have to resort to
making a special cold weather external battery pack.
Giles
> Actually, I've tried those cells in my OM-4. They work fine for a little
> while, but the OM-4's
> internal circuitry quickly discharges them when the camera's stored without
> being set to both
> "manual" and the Red 1/60th setting. They also started to produce erratic
> behaviour after a short
> shooting period (several weeks of occasional use). I chalked this up to the
> lithiums perhaps not
> having a reasonably flat discharge curve. YMMV, of course.
>
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