It doesn't shut off the baseline drain. All it does is prevent the
meter from relighting when the release is pressed. 4T/Ti baseline drain
= 5-8 ua, 2S baseline drain 20-22 ua. Old OM-4 approx. 20-22 ua.
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Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I didn't think that shut off the meter circuit but apparently it does
> and on the OM-2s as well. Of course, on the 4T you've got lower battery
> drain to begin with. Or, as with my OM-4, it has a 4T circuit so also
> has lower drain.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> Chuck wrote;
>>> However, Olympus had not yet figured out how to make a really
>>> low drain circuit until the OM-4T. The OM-2s and the OM-4 (but not the
>>> T or Ti) have relatively high drain circuits. If you use alkaline
>>> batteries (even when the camera is sitting on the shelf) their voltage
>>> level drops fairly rapidly and falls below the minimum voltage the
>>> camera's battery checker is looking for.
>> What I do with my OM4T cameras, is, when I have finished using them for
>> the moment,
>> press the <reset> button and turn the speed ring to RED B & 60.
>> That way I get months or years out of a pair of SR44 batteries.
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