Mike,
That's the nature of the zinc-air battery, as I understand it. Maybe you're
lucky it worked correctly for a couple of weeks. :/
Joel Wilcox
Iowa City, Iowa USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Cormier" <ronaldcormier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 4:54 PM
Subject: [OM] OM-1 battery question
> I'm currently using a Wein 1.35v zinc-air battery that is less than a
month
> old. I think it worked fine for a coupla weeks, but now the farther I
set
> the meter over 100 ASA, the more incorrect the light meter reading
becomes.
> The meter was just tested less than a month ago by Olympus canada &
> checked out.
>
> Any ideas? Or is the battery just crap?
>
> -Mike
>
> PS: This is an OM-1 non MD chrome.
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