James,
You have your OM's switched. For the OM2 (on up) the #357 is the cell
of choice and the MS76 is also usable but not as good. Only the OM1's
use the #625 mercury cells and would need conversions to use more modern
silver cells. So, the MS76 cells would be OK for the OM4.
Rand E.
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james olson wrote:
>
> Ii forget which batteries are and are not o.k. for the OM cameras.The
> batteries just went bunk on my OM-4 with no warning, leaving me stuck
> out on the california coast with a dead OM-4... . Are the Kodak
> silver-oxide MS-76 batteries o.k. to use? i know they aren't mercury,
> but....... If i remember, the new air-zincs are the best thing... Am i
> correct?
>
> And can the OM-2 be converted to use the MS-76's, similar to the OM-1
> conversion?
>
> I'd really like to have just 1 battery size!
>
> james.
>
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