All 2Ss have standby battery drain, up to twice as high as a new 4Ti. The 2S
was
in production for such a short time that the factory never modified or improved
the circuit (and now there ARE no circuits, anyway).
A 2S with a RED flash ready LED is powered by the flash batteries (low camera
drain). A GREEN flash ready LED is the old style which is powered by the camera
batteries. ALL 2Ss came with the GREEN (high drain) LED (99ure), the RED led
mod came out after body production had ended.
Are there any 2S owners out there, who know for sure they are the original first
time buyer of their 2S, which came with a RED led? The RED led mod was only
done
when the customer specifically complained about battery drain with T flash.
John
Camtech
http://www.zuiko.com
R. Lee Hawkins wrote:
> In your message dated: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 08:36:20 PDT you write:
> >
> >consider is the OM2-SP. It's going for about half the cost of the OM-4 and
> >still offers spot metering, same as the OM-2000. It's not multi-spot like
> >the OM-4, but you can do the math in your head if you want to save money. If
> >you do a LOT of flash work where the flash stays turned on for hours, you
> >will get battery drain. Under normal circumstances, this is not a problem.
> >The OM-2SP also did NOT have the infamous "circuit" problem of the OM-4. Of
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Where did you get this idea? AFAIK, the OM-4, -2S, and -PC *all* could
> suffer from battery drain problems due to the circuit board design.
> John H., can you set me straight on this if I am wrong?
>
> Cheers,
> --Lee
>
>
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