As always, Moose, sage advice, though in this case I am not uninterested -
since I sold Phil the 4 in question, with just that philosophy in mind.
It's extra good to have an unsolicited view. (Just don't tell him I prompted
you). Dammit, that was meant to be offlist!
;-)
--
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Moose
Sent: 08 November 2005 22:51
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: OM-4 + Winder 2 Fun
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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