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RE: [OM] Cold batteries & OMs

Subject: RE: [OM] Cold batteries & OMs
From: Frank Ernens <fgernens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 16:18:43 +1100
Dave Bulger wrote

> I've got to get the 
> bodies (-1 & -4) into the shop & have meters recalibrated (Beattie 
> screens)

The OM-4's metering is not affected by nonstandard screens.

>, then burn up some film getting to know the -4 camera & meter 
> better than I do now.

Yes, do that. I've had mine since January, and have been shooting with 
it, the OM-1, two OM-2SP's and an OM-2N. And I never have got used to 
the controls on the OM-4; I am losing 6 frames per roll due to such 
idiocies as pushing the shutter when I mean to push the spot button, 
misinterpreting the backwards number line, and so on. You may well 
find the OM-4 more to your taste than it is to mine, but don't forget
the old adage "never take a strange camera on holiday".

> Am I correct in thinking that the -4 is going to produce less
> bounce from the shutter than the -2s?

No. According to my tests, the OM-4 and OM-2SP using self-timer are
similar, both sharper than the OM-1 with mirror locked up, which in
turn is much sharper than the OM-2N.

> I'll keep bodies warm & batteries spare in my pocket.

25 degrees F (= -4C) is not cold - are Utah's mountains really
that warm in winter? I have used the OM-4 down to perhaps 
-10C. The OM-2N has been taken skiing many times, and it uses the same 
batteries. I just keep the camera in a Lowepro Topload Zoom, and I use 
no protection when shooting - sometimes the camera can sit on a tripod 
for an hour.

I use SR44's, not the alkaline LR44's. With a fresh set of batteries
I don't bother carrying spares - IOW, I carry them in case of flat
batteries rather than cold ones.



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