That was considered a major problem in the EC, being able to wind and fire
with dead / no batteries in the camera. The EC2 had a release that would
lock if the batteries were ng.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "gwsears" <gwsears@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] 35EC
| >
| >
| > Hmmmm...if the EC will fire (at all speeds ?) w/o battery, and the
| > batteries are hard to find...how much do these go for ? I might be
| > interested in getting one. I love the flashmatic business.
| >
| > *= Doris Fang =*
| >
| >
|
| My EC will cycle with out the battery, in other words, it will click
| and the i can advance the film, but the shutter never moves. May
| be the camera. I don't know yet.
|
| There are no speed settings on this camera. Guess thats the
| electronic part that requires a battery.
|
| GeorgeW
|
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