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Re: [OM] That pesky battery question again (OM4T)

Subject: Re: [OM] That pesky battery question again (OM4T)
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 12:12:15 -0400
CR 1/3N were out when the 2N was being sold new.  It was what prompted
Olympus Tokyo to include a bright pink sheet inside the box of every new 2N.
This sheet was the first thing you saw when you opened the box and was a
warning against using lithium and alkaline  batteries.

John  Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Appelbaum" <brucea@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] That pesky battery question again (OM4T)


| Several years ago, when these types of batteries first became available, I
| asked Oly tech service if they could be used in the OM-4T.  Unequivocal
| "NO."  Straight from the horse's mouth, as it were.
|
|
| end
|
| Regards
|
| Bruce Appelbaum
| Yorktown Heights, New York
|
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Garth Wood" <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 7:12 PM
| Subject: Re: [OM] That pesky battery question again (OM4T)
|
|
| > At 02:45 PM 7/7/2001 -0500, you wrote:
| > >I had assumed that the battery in my OM4T (just bought used)
| > >were a two cell version of SR44s. The battery is a single-unit
| > >3V that fits the OM4T. The battery check function seems to
| > >indicate it is happy with this battery.
| > >
| > >I just pulled out my my magnifier, and the thing says
| > >"CR1/3N Li-Mn cell 3V Japan". So its a lithium cell.
| > >My multimeter give a no-load voltage of 2.94v.
| > >
| > >Is this battery O.K. for an OM4-T? Does it last longer/
| > >shorter than the silver oxide cells?
| >
| >
| > That's not the only issue: it has a different reference voltage under
| no-load conditions, which means the metering will have some error
introduced
| to it.  (Two SR44's would read approx. 3.10 volts under no load.)  I used
| some of these cells for awhile, and found that they always died relatively
| quickly in my OM-4 -- and before they died, I'd get more "odd behaviour"
out
| of the camera.
| >
| > Garth
| >
| >
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