On Thu, 20 September 2001, Neal Jones wrote:
>
> I was thinking of making a 3v supply in a flash bracket handle, connecting
> the wires to a 'dummy' (maybe wooden or plastic) 'battery' inside the
> battery compartment. It would require drilling a small hole in the
> compartment screw cover for the wires. An on/off switch would be built in
> to the flash bracket.
>
I have briefly toyed with the same scheme for a battery-eating OM-4. My plan
has been to modify a two-cell penlight ("torch" I think it's called across the
pond), making use of the on/off switch already on it, and attachiing it to the
tripod socket. Let us know the results.
Walt Wayman
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