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Subject: [OM] Re: Battery question - OM2n
From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 20:44:48 +0100
The key is in your last line Charlie, taken with the first line of my
previous comment to Jerry.  Maybe those batteries are only playing dead -
but with sufficient juice (in this case) to drive the thyristor circuit
which closes the flash contact.  At least, I think it's a thyristor (Tim
Hughes, come in please, your time is up!).  Without batteries, there is no
juice for the flash. With batteries, red 1/60 will surely fire a flash on a
4T/Ti.

And Jerry:  Only _one_ spare set of batteries??

Piers 

-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Geilfuss Charles
Sent: 18 June 2004 19:14
To: 'olympus@xxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [OM] Re: Battery question - OM2n

Greetings All,
        Now maybe I've missed something here, but I'm sure I've had to
resort to using my OM-4Ti in Manual 1/60 when the batteries died. And I know
I've used the T30 flash in Normal Auto and the flash fired normally. Of
course no TTL OTF. I've never tried it with the dead batteries actually
removed from the camera.

Yours in a Senior Moment,
Charlie

-----Original Message-----
From: jamesfc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jamesfc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 1:36 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Battery question - OM2n



Thanks Piers - I've normally keep a spare set of batteries, but that is
still good to know!

Jim C.

Original Message:
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From: Piers Hemy piers@xxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 18:24:02 +0100
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Battery question - OM2n



Yes, I do know.

An OM4T/Ti will trip the shutter without batteries, but only if you set the
shutter speed ring to the red 60 mark next to B.  And only at 1/60.  And
without firing a flash (the shutter will trip, the flash won't).

Piers 


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