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Re: [OM] OM-1n battery

Subject: Re: [OM] OM-1n battery
From: "earthlink.net" <catsmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 20:28:03 -0800
It had to have been modified. None of them came from the factory like this
that I know of.
Maybe John Hermanson can give you an idea of what mod has been made.

Catmaster


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Chen" <chenjoseph@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 7:24 PM
Subject: [OM] OM-1n battery


> I'm new to this list, but have shot on and off with OM-2n and OM-4
equipment
> for a number of years.  I have particularly found that the extensive flash
> options and OTF metering invaluable for the medical applications that I
have
> used the equipment for.
>
> Having two electronic bodies, I had the hankering to get an OM-1n, which I
> purchased on eBay, and just arrived yesterday.  Beautiful mechanicals, but
I
> noticed that the meter consistently read 3 stops too slow.
>
> I put in a new silver oxide cell in a CRIS adapter and the same result,
> three stops too slow consistently. (as compared to the metering of my
> c-2020z)
>
> I was getting quite annoyed, but found that on CamTech's site that putting
> in a 1.5v cell in these cameras normally results in the readings being 3
> stops off.  Sooooo- I put in a naked ep76 cell and strangely, the meter is
> right on.  I noticed then that the old cell in the camera was a 625A
> although on a volt-meter its output was only 1.2V.  I wonder if the camera
> had been modified at some point or whether some OM-1ns took 1.5v cells.
> Does anyone know?
>
> -J
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