Point it at some light with the switch on. If the needle moves, there's life
in the battery. IIRC, the mercury batteries either run or they don't. IOW,
they don't fall off slowly but rather drop dead. I could be wrong.
> I seem to remember (have to rely on memory because I don't have a
> manual or
> book any more) that there was a battery check method for OM 1s with the
> battery in the camera. Obviously, there's no batt check circuit,
> but I seem
> to remember something about a way to do it under certain conditions.
>
> Research in the list archive, and on the Web, turns up nothing. (Which is
> not to say it's not there, just that I haven't found it. I've seen some of
> the manuals on line, but they don't address the battery check question.)
>
> TIA
>
> --
> Cheers from Godzone,
>
> Michael Kopp
> Wellington, New Zealand
>
>
>
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