Arni R Kjartansson wrote:
Just bought a 2sp with a green flash-ready light. If I remember
correctly that means that the light draws power from the camera
battery. How severe is this drain, and can this still be converted to
red led + circuit? I can live with having to replace the batteries a
few times a year and am not sure if it's worth it to send the camera
overseas if it's not too annoying.
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Arni,
My OM-2S is the same, i.e. green flash-ready LED and, as you say, it
uses the camera's batteries to illuminate it. SR44 batteries last about
4 months in my 2S, if fresh. I don't think that's very good and I'm
sure they would last longer if I had the LED conversion done but I live
in Indonesia and it's not really practical for me, so I just put up
with it. However, if you can send your camera to an Oly technician, I
believe it may still be possible to have it converted. John Hermanson
answered a question concerning this very thing on the Oly List, date
Wed, 22 Mar 2000. I quote, with apologies to John H: "Your nearest
Olympus factory service center should have the parts to do the flash
circuit modification. The part "kit" needed is ZJ1827. A trained tech
will have to do the modification."
Hope this helps,
Regards,
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Ray
"The trouble with resisting temptation is
you never know when you'll get another chance!"
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