AS everyone suggested to use silver oxide, I have went back to LR44
(alkaline). The silver oxide is very expensive ($2 each) and becoming
harder to find here, even you can find them, they seems stored for a
lone time. The LR44 is only $0.7 per pair, I always keep some spares
inside my camera bag. Even with LR44 it can last at least three months
with my OM4, for the 4Ti half year is not a problem.
Just back from a Japan trip, the SR44 is widely available there but it
cost almost $5 each!
C.H.Ling
"John A. Lind" wrote:
>
>
> Not all OM-4's are "battery eaters," only a few. A *normal* OM-4 does
> inherently consume them faster than an OM-2[n,S/sp]. I get about six to
> nine months with mine, and this seems about average using "357" silver
> oxide watch cells. (Alkalines should not be used in any OM body.) If you
> use the self-timer or viewfinder illuminator frequently, or leave the
> "beeping" feature on, you will get less mileage. I keep the "beeper"
> turned off.
>
> One thing I have encountered with the OM-4 that can be improperly blamed on
> "battery-eating" circuitry is the viewfinder illumination button on the
> right side of the penta-prism. You have watch how you put the body in a
> camera bag so that this button does not get depressed during storage (been
> there, done that). The lamp inside the prism *will* eat batteries very
> quickly if something is keeping it depressed.
>
> -- John
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