Alot of battery consumption complaints came from people using lithium & alkaline
cells. Even though the Oly owners manual said those batteries were okay to use,
customer service soon started telling everyone to use silver oxide only.
John
Richard Schätzl wrote:
> John Hermanson wrote:
> >
> > The main "bug" of the original 4 was high battery drain. The current 4Ti
> > boards are 1/2 to 1/3 that amount. If the 4Ti goes on for years and years
> > in production (?) there may be circuit improvements, otherwise, not.
> > One thing that old OM-4s did: Fire the shutter with the body cap on, set to
> > auto. Shutter stays open, and remains open even if you turn the switch to
> > manual (while the shutter is open). This might be one way to tell if your
> > 4
> > had ever received a new circuit, as later circuit versions didn't do this.
>
> Checked out my OM-4 and...
>
> Oh no, it´s an Amp suzzling battery eating monster! And I haven´t
> noticed until yet, just changed the batteries once a year. Maybe it´s
> broken, because it doesn´t consume enough batteries. Or maybe it´s
> powered wireless, through electro smog. ;-)
>
> Richard
>
>
< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
|