The closest thing you can do without buying an MR9 or getting your camera
converted to the MS76 type battery, is to use the zinc-air type battery made
by Weincell. It produces 1.4V.
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John Hermanson www.zuiko.com
Camtech, Olympus Sales & Service since 1977
New OM & Used, Digital, Pearlcorders, Binoculars
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743-4714
631-424-2121
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert R. Gries" <rgg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 3:34 PM
Subject: RE: [OM] OM1 batteries
> Sadly, no. but we do have options!
>
> You can look at:
>
> http://www.criscam.com/mr9.htm
>
> for a converter, or if you need to get you body serviced, John H. will
> include the conversion in his CLA:
>
> http://www.zuiko.com/PAGE9.HTML
>
> I would suggest sending it to John to get the CLA - when you hear how
> precise those shutter speeds are you will wonder why it hasn't been
> serviced sooner! ;)
>
> Bob Gries
>
> <snip>
>
> Hello!
>
> Here's a question for current OM1 users: Is it nowadays possible to find
>
> batteries for an OM1?
>
>
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