The T and Ti have low level drain even with the display off though it is
about 1/3 that of an original 4.
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Olaf Greve <Ogreve@xxxxxxx>
To: 'olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 7:08 AM
Subject: RE: [OM] How I shut down OM4Ti and OM3 ?
> Hi,
>
> > Hi, here writes Hannu from Finland. I'm new "member" the olympus-list.
>
> Welcome to the list! :)
>
> > There is my little promlem: how I switch of the OM-4 Ti and OM-3,
because
> > there is no power off button.
>
> As you will undoubtedly have noticed, the LCD graph in the viewfinder
> automatically turns off after 2 minutes. Principally spoken the camera is
in
> its "off-position" then, however, on some of the OM models (the non-Ti
> versions) the camera still has battery drain.
>
> > If I understand right I must turn the shutter speed ring posotiin "B"
(the
> > both camera) is it the only and the right way ?
>
> This is what the Oly FAQ
> (http://www.astro.wellesley.edu/lhawkins/photo/olympus.faq.html - question
> B3) has to say on that:
> "Store the camera on B or red 1/60, so that accidental pressure on the
> buttons will not turn it on (NOTE: The OM-4T(i) only "eats" batteries
> because of this. Its circuit is not problematic like the OM-4)."
>
> > When the ring is position "B" and I put camera for example backpack and
> > there something put shot button ring to the bottom, has be the battery
> > empty soon ?
>
> Since the camera is put in either B or mechanical 1/60 (i.e. the red
1/60),
> all of the cameras electronics are turned off. In this mode you therefore
> also won't see the LCD graph showing up when pressing the shutter release
> button (hence, the protection against battery drain).
>
> Now, as far as I know, you should only have to do this with the 4Ti to
> prevent accidentally turning it on (like in the scenario you described),
> when the camera is stored in a normal way there's no need to turn it
off ---
> the camera will do that automatically. A normal OM-4 (and some other OMs
> such as the 2S and the 40) will still suffer from battery drain, and do
need
> to be turned off like this (or by removing the batteries).
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers!
> Olafo
>
>
>
>
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