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Re: [OM] -4Ti batteries

Subject: Re: [OM] -4Ti batteries
From: Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 09:24:52 -0600
Cc: "Robert Gannon Gries" <rggriesphoto@xxxxxxxxxxx>
At 10:00 AM 7/3/01 -0500, you wrote:
a few days ago it was discussed which batteries work best w/ the OM-4Ti (the LR44 i believe?) in terms of availability at watch repair shops (being cheaper than camera shops) and something about their chemical make-up? sorry I haven't found it in the digest yet, but I hope this isn't too much trouble.

*NOT* the LR44! It's an *alkaline* version, which has too high a resistance and the wrong discharge curve. Your 4Ti will start malfunctioning within a short period of time (for me, with an OM-4, the period in question was a matter of days). SR44, SR44W (the "watch battery" version, which has a very desirable discharge curve in the low microamp range), 357, etc. Regardless of the versioning number, it should be *silver oxide* chemistry, not alkaline, not zinc.

Garth


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