Battery usage is a weird thing. My Can-not-an-OM-on T70 bodies will keep
chugging along on a pair of AA batteries worn out by a flash unit. I've
never actually worn out any batteries in a T70 - I just change 'em at least
once a year so they don't leak. Same with older cameras that used mercury
cells.
Speaking of which, I did notice a peculiar thing while using zinc air cells
in my OM-1. After switching to a mercury cell I'd squirreled away I
examined the zinc air cell, which was only a month old. It was exuding some
kind of moisture that had no detectable odor and which felt like water - not
greasy or sticky. First time I've noticed that with zinc air batteries.
Lex
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From: Mark Staiger <Mark.Staiger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] OM4 problem
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 14:00:20 +1000
Hi Zuiks,
Thanks kindly for all the advice. I replaced the
batteries with new ones and low and behold this
worked a charm, my OM4 is back on line. There must
be quite some difference in the voltage required
for the OM4 and OM2n that's all I can say!
Actually the same batteries did not work in the
OM40 either. GO the OM2n!!!
Cheers, Mark
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