I believe I cannot blame the Renata regarding my 4Ti lock-up issue.
The sequence is different than in Mike's: 1- it would lock after
checking Ok both by the camera's meter (no-beeps, no-lights warnings)
and / or multimeter checking. 2- after a lock-up next shot would lock
or not, if next shot didn't the following would lock. 3- camera w/ no
film, new checked batteries, no locks within 100 shots. 4- next day,
camera re-loaded - unpredictable locking again.
Now I recall I never checked without a winder.
Suffered from locks using the self-timer - it just didn't start the
beep-countdown.
Never heard or saw a warning, even when checking just before (going
beyond common sense - checking battery level before each shot .... ) -
We may call this "Silent LockUp Syndrome" :-(
Last, my battery-eater plain-4 has a good appetite for blonde Renata,
a couple at a time, but not a single lock 'till the last definitive
one.
Well, I hope the Renata are not to blame: it's the only available
brand in my country, and always fresh no doubt.
Fernando.
2009/10/28 Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Mike Lazzari wrote:
>> ... However I didn't waste a frame because when the multi spot quit beeping
>> I checked the battery and got the dread beep, beep, beep so didn't hit the
>> button. The camera seems to recharge after a short rest and gives the long
>> beep.
>>
>
> That sounds so exactly like the problem I had with an OM-4T just
> entering Yosemite with the wrong batteries. Fortunately, the spares were
> proper Energizer 357s
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