Sometimes with original OM-4s, the camera might occasionally beep, all by
itself. This was traced to (among other things) black battery caps which
tiny paint traces on the threads of the cap, enough to interrupt current
flow. The solution, no more painted caps.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: <frieder.faig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Om4 question
| On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 11:21:44PM +0200, Jonny Saljefeldt wrote:
| > Hello List,
|
| > openings. I remember reading somewhere that Oly stopped making black
| > caps some time after the OM4T(i) was introduced, but when was this
| > exactly? Was it maybe earlier? The caps could have been replaced of
| > course, but the rewind connection is not so easy to change, I imagine.
|
| The color change of the caps is mentioned as new modification of the OM-4
| in the German Olympus Magazine edition 4/1984.
|
| Frieder Faig
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