Hi,
I may be wrong, but I believe that it is possible to have the wiring and
computer chip(s) replaced with one that stops eating batteries so fast.
Brian
> At 12:18 AM +0000 12/15/01, olympus-digest wrote:
> >Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:08:57 -0800 (PST)
> >From: "W.Xato" <xato0@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [OM] Alternate Batteries for OM-4
> >
> >I recently bought an OM-4 and 35-105 for the price of
> >the zoom alone. But the OM-4 has a battery drain
> >problem and will drain a pair of 357s overnight. I was
> >thinking of putting in a smaller set of silver oxide
> >batteries and a small magnetic reed switch inside the
> >battery compartment so I can turn the battery on and
> >off. Does anyone have an opinion as to whether or not
> >a smaller SO battery will have sufficient current
> >capacity and if so which one might be suitable.
>
> My OM-4 eats batteries a bit more slowly than that, but still it's a
> nuisance. I
> use SR44s, but put the bottom cell in backwards (so the two cells are
> node-to-nose, with plus ends outward) when the camera won't be used for a
> while.
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