That'll keep the meter from turning on if the release is accidentally
pressed but it unfortunately, won't eliminate the baseline drain (around 5
micro amps).
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----- Original Message -----
From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 8:22 PM
Subject: RE: [OM] OMT4i battery drain
> Set the shutter speed dial to B or 1/60 when not in use. "The red ones..."
> /jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Norm Nadel
> Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 6:11 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] OMT4i battery drain
>
>
> I am a newbie to this list. In the early 1980s I produced a set of 35mm
> slides in my specialty (Urology) consisting of photos of my surgical
> specimens, photomicrocrographs and X-rays. I used an Olympus OM 1 and 2.
> The set ended up with a total of 1200 slides. I no longer have those
cameras
> but they were great.
>
> I recently bought a OM4Ti and have figured out everything except how to
> prevent the batteries from draining when not in use (other than removing
> them).
>
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