What is the AFL, is this a short lived model?
----- Original Message -----
From: John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] A1L Flash Unit
> Right off of their wonderful AFL design, with the same set of
> non-replaceable lithium batteries, they were probably anxious to design
> several things around this new battery technology. Good thing they
didn't.
> Dealers HATED the AFL, first for not being able to change the batteries
> (which wouldn't fix camera breakdowns anyway) and second for no filter
> threads, so they couldn't sell lens caps or filters for it.
>
> John Hermanson
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> From: "Hans van Veluwen" <hcvanveluwen@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 1:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] A1L Flash Unit
>
>
> | : The A1L led is read in reverse from your standard ready light. When
> the
> | : led goes out quickly, that means the batteries are good. When it
stays
> on
> | : longer, batteries are weak. CBINMTBDAH (changing battery is not meant
> to be
> | : done at home) ;-)
> |
> |
> | Hmm, not one of Olympus' highlights in technical design, is it? a flash
> w/o user
> | replaceable batteries. Just think of an OM-4 or T32 that needs to be
sent
> to an
> | Olympus service centre when their batteries are empty... ;)
> |
> |
> | hnz
> |
>
>
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