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[OM] Re: OM3 flash with no batteries????

Subject: [OM] Re: OM3 flash with no batteries????
From: "Simon Worby" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 08:01:56 -0000
Mark Dapoz wrote:

>> The OM3 can work completely manually with no batteries, but the flash

>> does not then work, as far as I understand?
>
> The OM-3 and OM-3Ti both use a mechanical switch to trigger the flash,
> no batteries are required.  I just double checked it in the manuals
> and found this interesting (somewhat related) passage:
>
>   Since the CPU is used only for indications in model OM-3, it cannot
detect
>   release of the shutter.  SC circuit clears indications by tenatively
>   setting the CPU in the OFF mode after shuttter releases.

I should have read all the e-mails before replying to Tim's, but at
least my deductions were right for a change.

Simon
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