Stephen,
Thanks for your reply. As soon as I sent the message I realized
that I should have stated that I had tried five fresh batteries. The
seller told me the focus assist did not work. And since John
Hermanson says that parts are scarce I will probably just live
with it.
Ben
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Border <sborder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: November 22, 1998 4:22 AM
Subject: RE: [OM] OM-F focus assist
>Ben,
> I also bought a used OM-F/30 as a second body. I was aware that the focus
>assist did not work, (did not bother me at the time). What I found though
>was that the body uses no less than five batteries behind the front panel.
>
>I believe, (and I may be wrong) that two batteries are for the exposure
>meter and the remaining three are focus assist. They seem to go flat at
>different rates and even though the battery check indicated the batteries
>were OK, replacing the batteries brought the focus assist to life.
>
>Hope this helps
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ben Poels
>> Sent: Sunday, November 22, 1998 1:58 AM
>> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [OM] OM-F focus assist
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have an OM-F that I bought used. The focus assist LED's
>> do not work. Is there anything simple to look at to for a quick
>> fix or is this best left to a professional? I don't really
>> want to use this feature but it would be fun to see how well
>> it works.
>>
>> Ben Poels
>> Kingston, Ontario
>>
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