There was no fix for the battery drain problem in the 2S, where as in the 4
to 4T transition there were 3-4 different circuits released which eventually
cut drain to about 1/6th the level found in the original body. Sometimes
there was high drain in a 2S, maybe around 30 ua, but if it went to Olympus
and they replaced the circuit, drain would be improved slightly, but only
lowered to approx. 20 ua. If a complaint was made regarding drain when
flash was used, then the flash LED mod would be done.
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "D&K Fairbanks" <banks@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 7:18 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: 2SP battery drain
>I own two OM-2S cameras. Several years ago (early 90s) my concern about
> battery drain made me think there was a problem with the camera. I took
> the camera to an Olympus service center and had it "repaired". After
> the expense of replacing the electronics in the camera, there was no
> change concerning battery drain. I have always gotten several months
> out of the batteries, but was spoiled by my old 2N that did not seem to
> drain batteries.
>
> John Hermanson wrote:
>
>>Technically, all 2S's are of the same vintage, no upgraded circuits were
>>made (afaik) and the body was made for a very short time. Just as dealers
>>were starting to like it, Olympus discontinued it.
>>
>>John Hermanson
>>Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
>>21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
>>631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Simon Worby" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 8:19 AM
>>Subject: [OM] Re: 2SP battery drain
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>John Gruffydd wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>My son's (fairly early) 2SP seems to be one of those with an unhealthy
>>>>battery appetite! We found the only way around it was to remove the
>>>>
>>>>
>>>batteries
>>>
>>>
>>>>if the camera was out of use for a while. Setting to "red 60" or B
>>>>
>>>>
>>>didn't
>>>
>>>
>>>>seem to help.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Mine is also early (1984). Was that with the LR or SR batteries?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Simon
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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