I don't know anything about sending lens to Olympus!!
The battery tester may only use enough juice to let you know that the battery
works at the time but
using the timer may heat up the battery enough that it fails and the tester
would never get that
hot. just my 1 1/2 cents worth
james olson wrote:
> question 1: my beloved, but old and tired 24/2 is, well, old and tired.
> after being dropped into the water, the front elements are looking a little
> cloudy, the aperature is sticky, etc. etc. i have had the lens cleaned and
> oiled, etc. but the lens is getting tired. so, is sending a lens to olympus
> america for refurbishing a good option? can they replace lens elements that
> are streaked\ cloudy? and are their costs prohibitive?
>
> question 2: has anyone owning an OM-4 ever found that the batteries can
> actually be "DEAD" before the battery tester indicates? specifically, this
> last weekend, i was shooting with an OM-4 using the self timer, and about
> 1/2 way through the 10 second timer cycle, the camera shutter would lock up
> and the self timer beeper would stop. then i have to reset the camera by
> moving the shutter speed ring to "B". so, i know the self timer takes a lot
> of battery power, but shouldn't the battery test tell me that there is
> enough "Juice" to power the self timer?????
>
> thanks, james.
>
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