I've had a dead one straight out of the pack, camera didn't operate at
all, so I was a bit concerned, then I decided to check the battery
voltage.
...Wayne
>
> I recently had to change out what I THOUGHT was fairly fresh
> set of Energizer
> 357s in the OM-2S after only a few rolls of film, at most.
> Checked 'em when
> I got home. One still read 1.5V. The other was a dud. Both
> bought together
> at the same time. I always buy from the back of the
> rack/shelf, etc.,
> whether it's batteries or cereal, (that's USUALLY where the
> new stock goes --
> to the back, but with some clerks today you never know unless
> you SEE it
> being put there) but still got a bum battery. Yeah, I know about the
> discharge curve of these -- it was just way too premature in
> its failure. Or
> is there another possibility?
>
> Makes me wonder how many "battery eater" cameras got that
> reputation in part
> or whole from bad batteries like that, or from batteries with
> lousy discharge
> curves? This particular OM-2S went all last year on one set
> (I religiously
> used red B/60, took 'em out between uses).
>
> Rich
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