--- Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You can get the batteries for this camera at 58 cents
online, unlike lithium camera batteries that can cost
$8.00 a pop that a lot of wonderbricks carry. And even
the bodies that 'eat' batteries like the original OM-4
and 2sp will probably last longer than the batteries
that current camera bodies require.
Mark Lloyd
> >That seems to be the case based on the information
> at
> >http://www.taiga.ca/~esif/om-sif.htm
> >It seems, though, that the OM-4T or -4Ti has an
> electronic shutter
> >that doesn't afford full manual operation, or at
> least a wide range of
> >mechanical shutter speeds, if the batteries fail.
> Is that correct?
>
> Yes. Mind you, batteries for the 4/4Ti are dirt
> cheap, really, despite
> some people's moaning and groaning. Always carry
> spares. I've only had a
> problem once in sixteen years with my OM-4 -- and
> that's the model that's
> supposed to *eat* batteries!
>
> Garth
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