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At 04:20 9/28/01, Ray Moth wrote:
[snip]
>I always use lens caps whenever I put the camera away but I only do it
>to protect the front element, I didn't know it could influence battery
>life as well.
[snip]
John replied:
>It doesn't. On some of the old Oly (and other) rangefinders that have the
>meter cell wrapped around the outside of the lens without an off switch, it
>does. However, it doesn't make any difference on the OM-2S or OM-4[T,ti]
>bodies.
John,
Huh, I didn't know that. All this time I was thinking that I was doing the
right thing :) Thanks for the info.
Tina
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