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Re: [OM] Idea for cold weather

Subject: Re: [OM] Idea for cold weather
From: "Giles" <cnocbui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 22:43:05 +0000
I never meant that they should replace the silver oxides, just that 
if they worked in sub-zero temperatures OK they might be a lot more 
convenient to just pop in when needed rather than have to resort to 
making a special cold weather external battery pack.

Giles

> Actually, I've tried those cells in my OM-4.  They work fine for a little 
> while, but the OM-4's
> internal circuitry quickly discharges them when the camera's stored without 
> being set to both
> "manual" and the Red 1/60th setting.  They also started to produce erratic 
> behaviour after a short
> shooting period (several weeks of occasional use).  I chalked this up to the 
> lithiums perhaps not
> having a reasonably flat discharge curve.  YMMV, of course.
> 

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