Maybe you (Russ) are referring to the not so undocumented, but not so widely
spread meter-nail test. You can always make the meter-nail rise by setting
shutter speed to B, when a lens is mounted on the camera and power switch is
set to OFF. This is a pure mechanical "test" of the nail.
/ Johan
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Den 06-03-08 13.12, skrev "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> I'm really not sure what Russ is looking for as I can never recall
> seeing a battery test here for the mercury battery in an OM-1.
>
> But I can think of an easy way of testing it which doesn't require any
> voltmeters or testing equipment other than a gray card. Assuming that
> you have no reason to doubt the accuracy of the meter, just do a
> "sunny-16" check with your gray card. Of course, if you're unsure of
> the accuracy of the meter and (of course) don't have a new mercury
> battery... convert to silver oxide.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
>> Hey Russ, good question.
>> Hope I don't have to add a digital voltmeter to my equipment :-)
>>
>> Fernando
>> - waiting for the wise answer too.
>>
>>
>> on 8/03/2006 02:56, Russ Butler at russ@xxxxxxxxxx, wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Somewhere I ran across reference to an undocumented battery test for the
>>> OM-1 or 1n. Pretty sure I saw it in this list's archive but of course, I
>>> didn't save it and now can't find it.
>>>
>>> Any help really appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>> Russ Butler (nj usa)
>
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