The ONLY fix for old OM-4 battery drain is to replace most of the main
circuits. This cuts drain from 30 microamps to somewhere between 5 & 10
microamps (usually). This usually costs $275.
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Gripp, William [NCSUS] <WGRIPP@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 'olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 11:53 AM
Subject: [OM] OM2n vs OM4 Opinion Sought - UPDATE
> Acutally they are not priced the same, but I found a camera store that has
> an OM4 for the price other stores have OM2/OM2ns at. Is there an easy way
> to tell if the OM4 suffers from the battery drain? If it does, who can
> correct this and for how much?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daryl F Hurley [mailto:dhurley@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 6:29 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] OM2n vs OM4 Opinion Sought
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 1 Feb 2000 13:01:16 -0500 "Gripp, William [NCSUS]"
> <WGRIPP@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > If you had the option of purchasing an OM2/OM2n body vs an OM4 (not
> > the T or
> > Ti) in the same condition for the same price, which would you choose
> > and
> > why?
>
> Unfair question! Buy both! The 4 has the multi spot meter. Gotta love
> it. OTOH, the 2n is so reliable.............
> If "same condition" means the 4 doesn't suffer from battery drain, it is
> the better buy for the money. Otherwise I'd get the 2n. (I do wonder why
> they are priced the same though?)
>
> Daryl Hurley
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