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Re: [OM] In Defen[s,c]e of the OM4[] [was] plain OM4 questions

Subject: Re: [OM] In Defen[s,c]e of the OM4[] [was] plain OM4 questions
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 18:19:13 -0400
Three good points?  I see an a) and a b), but........

Reminds me.

There are three kinds of people in the world.
Those that can count and those that can't.

Tom
From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


> Three good points omitted from my posting.
>
> In addition:
> (a) Frequent use of the viewfinder illuminator in low lighting situations
> significantly reduces battery life.  I've chewed up some batteries in an
> OM-2S using this feature to check shutter speed while shooting available
> light in dimly lit blues clubs.
> (b) Leaving the audible "beeper" on also consumes power; how much I don't
> know.  I turned them OFF on both an OM-2S and OM-4 when I bought them.
For
> those without the manual, rotating the self-timer switch in the opposite
> direction as you would to activate the self-timer turns the audible
beeping
> off.  This applies to the OM-2S, OM-4 and OM-4T with electronic
> self-timers.  Don't know about the OM-3[ti].
>
> -- John
>



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