As it has been pointed out by many in the group, red B/60 does not turn off
battery drain, it will, however, keep the meter from turning on when the
release is pushed partway.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Hello again, and a question
| At 03:32 4/19/01, Paul, the Catmaster wrote:
| >I knew from reading the online manual (Thanks to Hans), that red 1/60 and
B
| >work without battery power, but I did not realize that it is actually a
| >switch that disconnects the battery power altogether as well.
| >This is what drove me nuts about the OMPC, was the ability of it to drain
| >the batteries quick, due to the shutter being pressed when carrying.
| >I am glad there is this way to turn the 4T off!
| >Thanks for posting this again.
|
| It doesn't turn the OM-2S, OM-4 or OM-4T off completely. There will still
| be a small battery drain. Of the three, the OM-4T has the least. As an
| owner of an OM-2S and an OM-4, I've never had any complaints about their
| battery consumption. It is higher than some other, older cameras, but not
| nearly what it is in the current AF Program Mode Wunderbricks . . . and
the
| batteries are much cheaper the Lithium monsters the Wunderbricks need for
| all the focus and film transport motors. I go through about two sets of
| cells per year . . . under heavy usage maybe three.
|
| -- John
|
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