Oooh! Big news!
Chuck Norcutt
John Hermanson wrote:
> By the time they figured out the flash drain fix, the 2S was already out
> of production. All red LED 2S's were made that was during a factory
> overhaul, and only when a customer complained about battery drain with
> flash. I believe the 4/4T flash LED is powered by the camera batteries
> and there was no mod to change that.
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> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> After the costs that Olympus incurred fixing the OM-2sp to change it to
>> draw power from the flash I would be astounded if they hadn't learned
>> their lesson and kept the new design on later cameras. I think the
>> red/green differentiation on the OM-2sp was nothing more than a means to
>> tell the difference... if red it had already been fixed. I think your
>> only possible concern about the battery draw on the OM-4 is whether it
>> has the 4T circuit which is designed to draw much less power when the
>> camera is not in use. The test for that is whether the camera will shut
>> off the battery check beeping in 30 seconds. New, power saving, circuit
>> if it shuts off and old circuit otherwise. But even with the old
>> circuit the draw is about the same as the OM-2sp. A pair of silver
>> oxide batteries should last some 6-9 months sitting on the shelf unused.
>> If that's not long enough just remove them.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> Ralf Loi wrote:
>>> Speaking of flash ready light, the one in my OM-4 is red,
>>> and the one in my OM-4T (silver) is green.
>>> Do any of you know if these lights draw the power from the
>>> camera or flash batteries?
>>>
>>> TIA, Ralf
>>>
>>>
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