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Re: [OM] "IS" Series Battery Drain

Subject: Re: [OM] "IS" Series Battery Drain
From: gma <gma@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 09:42:12 -0800
John Hermanson wrote:
> 
> I have not heard of this condition.
> 
> John
> 
> BGA Services, Inc. wrote:
> 
> > Hi all!
> > employees bought the company an Olympus IS-20 DLX a couple of weeks
> > ago (that they neglected to mention for some mysterious reason :) ).
> > They take pictures of suspicious vehicles and such, and needed a
> > reliable camera that's easy to use.  Appearently, it worked great
> > until this weekend when I found out they'd bought it.  Utilizing
> > my freshly obtained camera prowess, I suggested they purchase and
> > install a UV filter for it so as to protect the lens since the damn
> > thing apperently cost me a small fortune...  The built in lens cap
> > fit nicely with the filter attatched and I thought nothing else
> > about it.
> >
> > Anyway, since they installed the filter, it's burning through a
> > pair of batteries every day.  The camera has been left turned off

-- 

Bethany;

Hard to imagine the filter causing the problem.  Sounds like camera
'infant-mortality' to me.  My IS-3 is quite frugal with batteries, even
when I use flash a lot.  Haven't changed 'em in months.


george  :>)

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