[OM] Re: OM-1 meter modification, was: Re: OM4 metering problem (?)

[Roger Key]

I have to admit that I have a small stash as well. But a word of caution; I 
seem to remember that John Hermanson warned that mercury batteries sometimes 
'weep' long before they die (often after 5 years or so), so keep an eye on 
them to avoid corrosion in the battery compartment.

Roger Key


>From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1 meter modification, was: Re: OM4 metering problem 
>(?)
>Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 18:38:23 -0800
>
>Wayne Culberson wrote:
>
> >I still think the mercury battery works the best, which is why I bought a
> >small stash of them when I had the chance. Ken Rockwell got 20 years out 
>of
> >one in a Min*lta srt102, http://www.kenrockwell.com/minolta/srt102.htm , 
>so
> >at that rate I guess I'm set to live to about 150.
> >
> >
>Well, I'll have to confess to a small stash of the last Vartas too. For
>personal consumption only, of course, nothing that would let me be
>charged for dealing. :-)
>
>Moose



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