It's probably not battery drain that is causing the dead meter (unless the
battery is really dead when you take it out. A battery draining that fast
would be hot to the touch).
More likely it is: corroded battery wire, bad meter ground.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Arild Eikenæs Vengen" <Arild.Vengen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus maillinglist" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 3:06 PM
Subject: [OM] OM-1 MD with meterproblem
| Hi, I`m new to this list (and new to Olympus OM) so if I do something
| wrong, just tell me. I have searched the archives for meter-problems,
| but not found an exact answer.
|
| Ok, here we go. I`m offered to buy a real cheap OM-1 MD from a friend,
| there`s only one problem, the meter don`t seem to work. My friend took
| it to the repair shop, they changed the battery to a Energizer EPX625G,
| and then it worked in the shop, but not when he got home. This is a few
| weeks since now, and I don`t think the battery-drain is this big. There
| are no meter-response at all when I turn the meter on.
|
| I`ve read on the list and in the faq that it is important that the
| battery is 1,35volt mercury, in the faq it the battery is called 625N,
| mine is called 625G, does this make a difference? I`ve understood that
| it`s not allowed to market the mercury-batteries here in europe any
| more, that`s why I wondered if my friend/I have got the wrong kind?
|
| Actually I was shopping for a OM-2, and not OM-1, but if I can fix this
| without costing an arm and a leg I might as well go with the OM-1. Where
| do I find cheap OM-2`s in Europe?
|
| Regards,
| Arild E. Vengen
| Forde, Norway
|
| BTW: Any thoughts on these lenses that followed the camera? One standard
| 50mm 1,8f old Zuiko lens, a 35-105mm f/3,5-4,5 dc Zuiko lens and a
| Tokina 70-210mm, f/3,5.
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