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Subject: [OM] Re: OM2 Troubles Again
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 09:20:18 -0400
Alkaline and lithium batteries also cause errors in the meter needle
position and the dreaded clack of "shutter lock".
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----- Original Message -----
From: "James Royall" <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 7:34 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: OM2 Troubles Again


>
> This all sounds pretty alien (aside from the B lock) when looking over
> my 2n. Seems fairly conclusive you have a 2.
>
> Also, no one's picked up on it but you would be better off using SR44
> or 357 batteries as I think the alkalines suffer from voltage drop over
> their life that silver oxides do not.
>
> James
>
>
> On 15 Jun 2004, at 12:06 pm, Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
>
> > on 15/06/2004 01:56, Rolftruck@xxxxxxx at Rolftruck@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >> Still a question, though: what's the 'reset' indication inside the
> >> battery
> >> compartment?
> > It's a reminder that you should to move the shutter speed ring to the
> > reset
> > position, which is marked with '*' and align it with the arrow marked
> > B,
> > releasing the latch that lets you turn the speed ring to B. This small
> > latch
> > is sometimes broken and you can pass through from 1 sec to B without
> > pressing it. It is there both in 2 or 2n, but the * on the bottom side
> > of
> > the speed ring shows only in OM-2.
> > The reminder reads '* Reset' IIRC.
> >
> > /F.
> >
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