Because there's a constant low drain, it was recommended that you use the watch
batteries - SR-44W - as I recall.
Andrew Fildes
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On 16/01/2013, at 9:26 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Jez's comment that you must use silver oxide batteries is very
> important. The OM-4T has better battery life than the OM-4 but neither
> camera has an off switch and is always idling at low power while
> batteries are installed. If you use alkaline batteries the voltage will
> quickly fall below the minimum required to operate the camera. In fact,
> even if you're using silver oxide batteries if they have been installed
> since the summer you may have depleted them already. If you are going
> to leave the camera unused for any long period of time it is best to
> remove the batteries. In the meantime go find some silver oxide
> batteries. We will all hope very fervently that your camera will soon
> be working again.
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