My experience with the OM-4 was about the same. The real problem I had was that
the batteries would die with no warning. The battery check on the OM-4 is not
real useful (at least the two that I owned.) The batteries would pretty much
always test fine, and the only way you knew they were going was when it was to
late and the mirror locked up. I got REAL good at carrying spares with those
bodies.
If you use the 357s as Walt recommends, and always carry spares, it is not a
big deal.
Jim Couch
Walt Wayman wrote:
>
> I have a couple of the dreaded "battery eating" OM-4s. It's not a really
> big deal if -- and this is an important "if" -- you use the correct
> batteries, the silver 357s. I'm getting an average of 6-8 months on a
> pair. Since they're about 70 cents apiece (58 cents each for the
> batteries, plus shipping) that amounts to under $3 a year, less than the
> cost of a roll of cheap film. And if you're really tight, you can always
> take them out when the camera's not in use.
>
> I also have a pair of OM-4Ti's and one OM-4T. Except for using the F280
> flash, there's no real day-in, day-out advantage to them over the plain ol'
> OM-4, one of which in good condition could be a real bargain.
>
> Walt
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