All OM 4s have battery drain, it's the nature of the electronics. Drain
will range from best (5 micro amps, ohauled 4, untouched 4T or 4Ti) to bad
(35 micro amps, original 4).
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Pauls0627@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] RE : (OM) OM4 BATTERY DRAIN PROBLEM
> In a message dated 01/14/2000 3:48:59 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> teojim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> > For those OM4 with battery drain problem, how long will it completely
drain
> > a new set of LR44 or SR44 just by replacing it in the battery
compartment?
>
> Well, my OM-4 apparently does NOT have battery drain. As a point of
> reference, the 357's that are in there now have been in for about 14
months.
> Most of my photography in the last 14 months has been of my kids
(including
> my 15 month old son), and most of that I do with the OM-2S, so the OM-4
has
> seen unusually light usage over that time period.
>
> I tried LR44's once. Lasted about 2 weeks. Don't bother.
>
> I suspect I'll be needing to put a new set of 357s in the OM-4 soon,
though.
> Until I checked just now I hadn't realized they had been in there for so
long.
>
> Paul Schings
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