Did you hear that Brian? It's your 4T that's saving your battery, not
switching to a mechanical speed on the dial.
Chuck Norcutt
John Hermanson wrote:
> It doesn't shut off the baseline drain. All it does is prevent the
> meter from relighting when the release is pressed. 4T/Ti baseline drain
> = 5-8 ua, 2S baseline drain 20-22 ua. Old OM-4 approx. 20-22 ua.
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> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> 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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