Hi,
> Or try the lithium batteries - much better in cold weather, tho life end is
> more sudden.
Can we use 3V Li batteries in our (never) OM's?
That would be great news, or?
Bernd
>
> Tom
>
> On Saturday, November 10, 2001 at 13:53, M. Royer
> <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote re "Re: [OM] Power and the 4T" saying:
>
> > The 4 series relies on the batteries much more than a 2 series I
> think
> > and therefore it dies faster in the cold becuase more things are
> drawing
> > off power. The 2 series is a better camera for freezing and worse
> cold, of
> > course neither compare to the 1 or 3-series which is the king of cold
> > with the mechanical shutter. You might want new batteries though;
> old
> > ones can lose power really quickly especially if they are lr44 alkaline
> > and not sr44 or 357 silver oxide. If you really want to take pictures in
> > prolonged cold the 4 isn't going to work I'm afraid, you might want to
> > get a 1(n) or 3(ti) and a good handheld meter that you can keep
> warm. Or
> > keep the 4 in your jacket for warmth although this can be bad for
> lenses
> > due to condensation and quick changes in temp.
> >
> > Mark Lloyd
> >
> > --- Bob Whitmire <rlw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Was out at dawn shooting with the 4T. Temp below
> > > freezing, but not by much.
> > > First time I've had this camera out in the chill.
> > > Within a very few minutes,
> > > there wasn't any power. Anemic single beep at
> > > battery check. Took them out,
> > > warmed them in my hands, put them back in again.
> > > Plenty of power. Thirty
> > > minutes later, gone again.
> > >
> > > Could be that the batteries were weak already. They
> > > are the ones that came
> > > in the camera. The beep was loud and sustained a day
> > > or so ago so I figured
> > > they were good. I've put new batteries in today but
> > > haven't been back out.
> > >
> > > Is this typical?
> > >
> > > Second: With the Motor Drive 2 and the Ni-cad pack
> > > with the remote cord so
> > > that you can put the battery in your pocket in cold
> > > weather . . . does this
> > > take over all power functions of the camera, or just
> > > the motordrive?
> > > Wouldn't seem to make much difference if the MD
> > > worked if the camera itself
> > > was frozen up.
> > >
> > > I really like this camera and would hate to see it
> > > perform poorly in cold
> > > weather. My 2n went through last winter on one
> > > battery with never a whimper
> > > and never a camera-blown exposure--and I used a lot
> > > of aperture-priority
> > > exposures of more than a second's duration. (The
> > > only ones blown were blown
> > > by me.)
> > >
> > > Thanx!
> > >
> > > --Bob W.
> > >
> > >
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