Ray please accept my apology! I wrote this message before I read your next
post that said that you were in Indonesia. It is so easy for us in the USA
to think that every one is here where we are fortunate enough to have
access to just about anything!
I do have a 2S with the red LED, so it is a bit better on battery use than
yours. I not only turn off the T32, but I take it off of the camera! I
store my camera in my camera bag with nothing on the top to press the
shutter button. I have read some posts on the list that it does not matter
where you put the shutter ring, the key is not to activate the light meter
by pressing on the shutter button.
As an update, I went out for a shoot this past Sunday, and had to replace
the batteries. This was not much of a problem, since I had several in my
camera bag, & just had to slip a couple in.
Here, I can go to the local drug store and buy 357 batteries at a price of
about $1.50 USD each. The highest price that I have seen them is $3.50 USD
each. The best place to buy them seems to be on the Internet mail
order. I would be very much surprised if you could not get them shipped to
you via mail order off of the web.
Good luck
Don
At 01:06 AM 10/2/01, you wrote:
Don Gaikins wrote:
Why go through all of the trouble that you mention? I have an OM2S
also. I put a new set of 357 batteries in it about 7 to 8 months ago
and they are still going strong.
At that rate even if the batteries failed today, and I used two sets
per year, that would only be about $2.00 per year for batteries (I
picked up 10 last year for about $.50 each).
I do not leave the flash attached to the camera when not in use. I
just leave the mode lever in what ever position that it was in when
last used, and the same thing for the shutter speed.
I think the hype of the OM2S eating batteries is more myth then fact.
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Don,
I do use flash quite often, because I find the Olympus TTL flash system
works so well for me, but I never leave the T32 flashgun switched on
longer than necessary. My camera has the green flash ready indicator,
which draws current from the camera's batteries and shortens their
life. I could get the conversion to the red indicator done, which would
then draw current from the flashgun batteries, but it's a bit awkward
arranging that from Indonesia.
I used to do exactly what you do, i.e. just leave the camera in
whatever mode it was in when putting it away, but I was lucky to get
more than 4 months from one set of silver oxide cells. I started
selecting a red shutter speed only recently, on the advice of others,
but it turned round and bit me in the *ss! As I said, that's my own
fault. There does seem to be some variability between OM-2S cameras
regarding longevity of batteries, and so YMMV.
The reason I started taking more precautions was to avoid
inconvenience, not cost. As I've mentioned in a more recent post, I
can't find silver oxide cells in Indonesia and it's a pain for someone
to keep sending them to me from overseas. A couple of people on the
list have kindly offered to help out but I think it's still worth
prolonging the battery life as much as possible. I have found, BTW,
that shelf life of silver oxide batteries can be short; for example, I
bought 4 SR44 cells at one time in the UK and, when the first pair was
used up four months later, I found the second pair lasted only 4 weeks!
Regards,
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Ray
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you never know when you'll get another chance!"
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