Quick, simple answer is that when you drop in the second battery, before
screwing the cap on, the battery is making intermittent contact with the
edge of the bottom cover. This may confuse the electronics of the
camera, causing the beeping. It should not be confused with battery
check or any other function of the camera.
John
CPS, Inc.
www.zuiko.com
On 5/4/2007 9:52:08 AM, OM4 Land (om4land@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Sorry guys, now I'm a bit confused about this whole beeping thing.
>
> I have an OM-4Ti, a chrome battery cap and 2 fresh D357H batteries.
>
> With the selector switch set to "Manual", "Auto" or "Battery Check"
> and with the beeper switch at 12 O'clock or "ON"; the camera starts
> to beep intermittently as soon as the second battery is dropped in
> place and before the cap is screwed down. The Battery check light
> does not come on at this time. Once the cap is screwed down the beep
> stops. If I then Select "Battery Check" it beeps stronger and at a
> higher pitch than the "mystery beep", and the light goes on - in
> other words it seems normal.
>
> I didn't give this much thought until I saw this thread and John's
> second paragraph below. I just assumed that since I almost always
> have the beep switch on the self timer set to "OFF", I never heard
> the beep that would have been there if the beeper was set to "On"
> while I changed batteries.
>
> So please say: "That beep you get as you put the battery in but
> before the cap in on is totally normal."
>
> Thanks, Barn
>
> John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Black battery cap on OM-4?
>
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