Thanks Simon. I figured so. I wonder why Olympus didn't design a cover
for the metering cell. I'm not the kind that likes to carry the camera
even in the bottom half of an everready case, and in this case the top
half is also needed. On the other hand, I probably will be using a
zinc-air battery so it will drain all by itself anyway. So no big deal
after all!
Yefei
>
> Subject: [OM] Re: Olympus 35 SP
> Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 08:17:06 -0000
> From: "Simon Worby" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Yefei He wrote:
>
> > Does anybody know how to turn the meter of Olympus 35 SP off? The
> > metering cell is located to the left of the viewfinder
> window so the
> > usual way of putting on the lens cap doesn't work. Do I have to put
> > the camera back into the everyready case to turn the meter off?
>
> It doesn't turn off.
>
> The CdS sensor changes resistance. When very dark it has very
> high resistance, thus virtually no battery drain occurs. When
> light, there is significant battery drain.
>
> Therefore, the way to "turn off" the SP meter is to put the
> camera in the dark, or in its case. (The same also applies to
> the OM-1(N), except that it has an ON-OFF switch, which is
> even better.)
>
> Note that due to the location of the sensor, just putting a
> lens cap on will NOT prevent battery drain.
>
> Even with regular use, but with the camera replaced in the
> dark between uses, the single battery should last well over a year.
>
> If you intend to store the camera for some time, you should
> remove the battery -- a wise precaution in any case.
>
> Regards,
>
> Simon
>
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