on 9/12/03 12:55 PM, Moose at olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> The use of lithium and alkaline batteries in these cameras has led to
> windfall deals for me and other listees. People using the wrong
> batteries find that the battery test is fine (with no load), but the
> camera locks up (when voltage drops under load), often erratically
> (depending on time between shots, shutter speeds, temperture, etc.),
> decide it's broken and sell it as a parts camera. Put proper batteries
> in it and it is fine. I have bought several of these for parts, only to
> discover they are fine. Anybody need an OM-10 or OM-G? I'm keeping the
> OMPCs I got this way.
I keep getting OM-10's with this 'problem'... I still need one to sacrifice
a prism sometime; guess I'll keep trolling <g>.
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
Seems a shame to vivisect even an OM-10 that works otherwise...
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