I didn't think that shut off the meter circuit but apparently it does
and on the OM-2s as well. Of course, on the 4T you've got lower battery
drain to begin with. Or, as with my OM-4, it has a 4T circuit so also
has lower drain.
Chuck Norcutt
bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Chuck wrote;
>> However, Olympus had not yet figured out how to make a really
>> low drain circuit until the OM-4T. The OM-2s and the OM-4 (but not the
>
>> T or Ti) have relatively high drain circuits. If you use alkaline
>> batteries (even when the camera is sitting on the shelf) their voltage
>> level drops fairly rapidly and falls below the minimum voltage the
>> camera's battery checker is looking for.
>
> What I do with my OM4T cameras, is, when I have finished using them for
> the moment,
> press the <reset> button and turn the speed ring to RED B & 60.
> That way I get months or years out of a pair of SR44 batteries.
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