Yes, the conversion is still available.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Doggre@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 11:57 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM-2S Battery Drain Fix (Was om-4 or om-2s FS)
| In a message dated 6/4/01 8:16:57 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
| bstanke@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
|
| > 1. Early models powered the "flash ready" light with the camera
| > batteries. This would drain the batteries in short order, if there was
| > heavy flash use. Olympus offered a fix for this, where the LED used
| > the flash's batteries, instead of the camera batteries. You can tell
| > if you have the early model by mounting a flash unit. If the LED is
| > green, you have the original model. If the LED is red, you have the
| > revised model. I don't know if early models can still be upgraded; you
| > might want to check with John H. at Camtech (http://www.zuiko.com)
about
| > this.
| >
| John H. just did this conversion on my Brother-in-law's
| Christmas-present-OM-2S. Yes, they can still be converted (and thanks
again,
| John! He thinks it's a pretty cool camera!).
|
| Rich
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