Philip Pemberton wrote:
>Yup, it's got the original circuitry in it. 45 seconds and it didn't switch
>off.
>Oh well - remembering to switch it to "B" is no worse than remembering to
>switch the OM10 to "OFF", except it seems a lot harder to knock an OM4 out of
>"B" than it is to knock the selector on an OM10 to "ON" while packing it
>away...
>
>
Unless you pack things so that something might press on the shutter
release, there is no advantage to setting an OM-4 to one of the "red
speeds". At maybe $1.50 a pair in modest bulk quantity, batteries just
shouldn't be an issue. I always keep some spares in the bags. And I
don't jam things in willy-nilly, so I don't use the red speeds to turn
them off.
Early circuits like yours simply have a drain when "off" that's too high
and cna kill batteries in a few months, even if not used. The later
circuits don't really turn off all the way either, but they do have much
lower drain in quiescent state. If storing any 4 for any length of time,
just remove the batteries.
Moose
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