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Re: [OM] batteries.....

Subject: Re: [OM] batteries.....
From: "Shawn Wright" <swright@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 08:43:00 -0800
On  3 Jan 99 at 21:51, 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!  
> 
Mercury are only for the OM-1 & 1n.

I have used the Kodak MS-76 Silver Oxide in my OM-10 and OM-4T with no 
troubles. They may not last quite as long as the 357 in the OM-4T, but the 
Kodak are dirt cheap here: about $1.50 CDN, so I carry 2 extra sets.





 
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Shawn Wright
Computer Systems Manager
Shawnigan Lake School
250-743-6240
swright@xxxxxxxxx

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