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Re: [OM] an even deadlier battery problem

Subject: Re: [OM] an even deadlier battery problem
From: Wayne Shumaker <shumaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 11:31:35 -0500
If you set the camera speed to M60 or B, doesn't that shut off the
camera? Easier than removing the batteries.

Wayne (new to list, with newly purchased used OM-4T)

At 02:39 AM 1/26/99 +0200, you wrote:
>Ok, i did test it, and my initial suspicion was right. When hooking up
>a mechanical cable release to my OM4T, even without depressing the
>shutter, the viewfinder remained lit. This explains the dying of the
>batteries in 24 hours (instead of their very long one week life :-) )


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