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Subject: [OM] Re: OM-10 drains batteries fast
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 08:45:23 -0400
You have a dead short in your camera.  Be careful of swollen batteries. 
They can explode (and have a few times when the only thing stopping them was 
the pressure of the battery cap.

John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane,
Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Antonio D Vargas" <Antonio.Vargas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 8:49 PM
Subject: [OM] OM-10 drains batteries fast


> Hi OM-10 owners,
>
> My OM-10 seems to be draining batteries really fast.  After a few clicks 
> on my
> cam, I checked the batteries and they were quite hot.  Later I left the
> batteries inside but turned of the cam and when I tried the camera after a
> while, the batteries seem to be dead.  Looking at the batteries, they all 
> seem
> to have swollen a bit.  Is this a common problem for OM-10s? Any 
> recommendation
> on how to fix this, or are there any info sources you can point me to?
>
> thanks,
> -anton
>
> Richard Lovison wrote:
>
>> Hi Chuck,
>>
>> Hmmm, if I understand the addition and subtraction of positive and
>> negative numbers correctly, the formula should be:
>>
>> nominal value = (actual power) + (-0.7 diopter)
>>
>> My diopter is -1.25 and according to the above formula my OM correction
>> lens should be a -1.95 or -2.  In truth, a -3 type 1 works for me on my
>> OM-1.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Richard
>>
>> --- Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > I'm here to report that I have just finished checking out two Type 1
>> > dioptric correction lenses and have experienced the same thing that
>> > David did with the Type 2's.  My distance prescription is
>> > approximately
>> > +1 diopter and, according to the both of the eSIF's Type 1 or Type 2
>> > tables, I should require a -1 correction lens.  I was already aware
>> > of
>> > David's comment regarding the Type 2 correction lenses.  When I
>> > spotted
>> > some Type 1 correction lenses at KEH recently I was primed for a
>> > problem
>> > and so I ordered both a 0 and a -1.   Today I received them and can
>> > report that the best fit for me is the 0.  This exactly fits David's
>> > final recommendation for Type 2's.  You should subtract 0.7 diopter
>> > from
>> > your prescription value and order the nearest available correction
>> > lens
>> > to that result.
>>
>>
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