I just pulled out my Rollei 35s which uses the same cell as the OM-1. Meter is
still working great, and she gave me the camera for Christmas 3 years ago, WITH
A USED CELL IN IT! (BTW, do not try this at home, mothballed cameras really
should have the battery removed, I feel very lucky nothing happened to this
camera in the intervening years, it get only infrequent use.)
Jim Couch
frieder.faig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Gary, thank you,
>
> For the Information about the shelf live of Hg cells. Because
> I also created a stock of some Hg cells, because im my family we own
> 3 Hg-Cell camera`s and I realized, that the cell in my parent`s
> Rolley 35 were in good condition, altough they were already some years old.
>
> Frieder Faig
>
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 01:47:41AM -0700, Gary Schloss wrote:
> > On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> >
>
> >
> > Hg cells have a shelf life in excess of 10 years, and last up to two
> > years inside the OM-1/1N.
> >
>
> < This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
> < For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
> < Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
|