Lithium causes up to 2 stop error in the needle position in the XA, though
actual auto exposure is "close". If you use silver oxide (the batteries the
camera was designed around) then everything will be right with the world.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] 3v lithium battery in my OM4T
> I'm not sure the lithium is such a bad choice for an XA, which has much
> different voltage/current demands than an OM. It's not than lithium
> batteries are bad, just that they are not suited for this particular use.
>
> The problem with the OMs with electronic shutters is that they need a
> fair amount of current to hold the second curtain open. If the battery
> can't hold its voltage under that demand, the safety circuit in the
> camera locks it up until released.
>
> 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.
>
> Since the lithiums have very long shelf life, the only possible proper
> use I can imagine with OMs is to lurk in the corner as an emergency,
> short term, back-up to the back-up silver-oxides.
>
> Moose
>
> Geilfuss Charles wrote:
>
> >Greetings All,
> >For what ever it is worth I relate this experience. Some tima ago I
purchased an XA on _bay that I cleaned up and used extensively and which
worked flawlessly. After a year of heavy use I put it away for a while and
as is my habit I opened the battery cover to remove the battery. Much to my
surprise there was a single Lithium battery in place that was still going
strong. Needless to say it was sayonara and in with the SR44.
> >
>
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