Mechanical B & 60 will prevent the meter from accidentally coming on but
it will not eliminate the battery drain associated with that model.
John
Wayne Shumaker wrote:
>
> If you set the camera speed to M60 or B, doesn't that shut off the
> camera? Easier than removing the batteries.
>
> Wayne (new to list, with newly purchased used OM-4T)
>
> At 02:39 AM 1/26/99 +0200, you wrote:
> >Ok, i did test it, and my initial suspicion was right. When hooking up
> >a mechanical cable release to my OM4T, even without depressing the
> >shutter, the viewfinder remained lit. This explains the dying of the
> >batteries in 24 hours (instead of their very long one week life :-) )
>
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