My gripe with the original 4 and the OM-2s is not the battery drain
per-se, but the fact that the batteries usually give up the ghost with no
warning. Even with 357s. Generally the battery check in these cameras (at
least the ones that I have had) is pretty much worthless. I can check the
batteries one day and they are fine, the next day the camera won't fire!
If the battery check shows 'low' the camera will not fire most of the
time. With the 4T there is still life left in the batteries when the
check shows that they are low, so you have a bit of warning. With the
2/2n I have run for a full 3 day weekend on 'low' batteries.
Jim Couch
"M. Royer" wrote:
> It really is kinda pointless to think about battery
> drain, even the worst OM (the 2s) will last for a
> month or more on its batteries. With 357's so cheap
> over the internet (can't think of the url right now)
> it would truly take a miser to complain about battery
> drain for OM. I have 10 spares in my bag always cost
> to me was about as much as a good roll of film. Just
> don't use LR44 or Wein cells, those truly are sucky
> and expensive. My .02 cents.
>
> Mark Lloyd
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