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Re: [OM] OM2n vs OM4 Opinion Sought - UPDATE

Subject: Re: [OM] OM2n vs OM4 Opinion Sought - UPDATE
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 15:55:13 -0500
The 25-35 microamp reading IS the battery drain problem, actually.

John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Volkhart Baumgaertner <kyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM2n vs OM4 Opinion Sought - UPDATE


> Yo William,
>
> on Wed, 2 Feb 2000 11:53:38 -0500 , you wrote:
>
> >Is there an easy way
> >to tell if the OM4 suffers from the battery drain?
>
> Now, unless you have a fairly steady hand this may be a little tricky, but
> it works for me:
>
> First, you need a multimeter with a microamp-range. Take off the battery
> compartment lid. Press one test wire tip on the upper side of the top
> battery, the other against the metal of the camera bottom part. This will
> switch on the camera's electronics, so as what you want to measure is
> standby drain you will now have to hold the leads in place until it shuts
> off (this is the tricky part, as each slip will force you to start over).
> When the camera goes into standby a value of 20-25 microamps is normal for
> an OM-4; if it is considerably higher it probably has the battery drain
> problem. Of course, even an OM-4 that shows normal values will drain the
> batteries much faster than a 1(n) or 2(n).
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> MtFbwy,
> Volkhart
>
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