Well, you've heard Tom's negative experience as a trader and Walt's and
other's comments as long time owners.
You might ask what kind of batteries the prior owner was using. Many
people use alkaline or lithium batteries based on spurious advice from
sales people or innacurate replacement lists, and any OM from the 2 on
up will indeed eat these like popcorn, but not because of a flaw in the
camera, but because they are using batteries that aren't even supposed
to work in the camera. Also, anyone who leaves a flash on the camera and
turned on for long period of time will get short battery life. This is
true of the 4T(i), too.
I have bought 'parts' cameras whose only fault was the wrong battery
type. After relatively limited use, they still have enough voltage to
show as good when the test mode on the camera is activated, but can't
produce enough current to hold the second shutter magnet open. The
cameras all respond to this condition by locking with the mirror up to
warn of low battery. People get confused between the light saying the
battery is good and the camera locking up, often apparently randomly, as
the batteries may recover over time, and decide the camera is broken.
The only operational difference between the 4 and the 4T(i), other than
lower battery drain, is the ability to work with the F280 flash in Super
FP mode.
Moose
Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
I have the opportunity to buy en Exc. OM4 non-T; non-Ti
I've been told it drains batteries as if it was a vacuum cleaner, even
turned off and not in use.
Which other disadvantages should I expect?
Which is its U.S.-reasonable price?
Is it possible to relate its serial number to circuit board type?
Is it possible to upgrade circuit board at an uruguayan-reasonable cost?
Which cost at an U.S.-reasonable standard?
Really I don't care about titanium top and bottom plates, but about other
changes. I was a victim of the plain 2 to 2N upgrade.
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