Don´t believe, it will do any harm, because my OMs (and some other cameras)
are adjusted by the service for use with the 1,5V batteries. I don´t know,
but consider, that the "mistake" because of higher voltage is not linear but
proportional to light. Means greater mistake with bright light. Is it?
Jochen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Darling" <cosmo@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "olympus" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 10:33 PM
Subject: [OM] Is my OM-1 meter fried?
> Hello all, this is my first post to this list...
>
> I had to finish a photo project for class last week and my trusty old
varta
> 625(mercury) battery died, so I replaced it with an alkaline for the
> remainder of my project and compensated for the 3 stop error with the ASA
> dial (3 days or so).
>
> From reading the tech pages on www.zuiko.com, I was under the impression
> that this would do no permanent harm... However now that I have a stock of
> fresh mercury batteries, there is a 2.5 stop difference between the OM1
and
> my OM2. My gossen light meter agrees with the OM2...
>
> DID I FRY MY OM1? Can this be fixed? For 400 speed film I have to set
the
> ASA dial to the blank position between 1600 and 25. It works, but I'd
like
> to see it working the way it did...
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Mike
>
>
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