Olympus OM-1n battery

[Frank53]

If you take off the bottom cover you will see the battery compartment has wires going to it. If it's been modified you will most likely see a diode has been placed inline with the red wire next to the battery chamber. If it's unmodified you will just see wires going to the battery terminals with no diode inline.

It's conceivable that the diode is elsewhere but next to the battery chamber is probably the easiest and most logical place to put it.

I opened it and did not see anything looking like a diode, so I suppose it is not modified.

Thanks all for your reactions. It shows there are enough options to choose from. I just got the camera, so I will expose some film with it (and check exposure with a hand held meter) and see if everything else is ok and than maybe have it serviced as that's what I do with most used camera's I get, just to have a good chance it will work for a long time.

Regards,
Frank

 

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I opened it and did not see anything looking like a diode, so I suppose it is not modified.

Thanks all for your reactions. It shows there are enough options to choose from. I just got the camera, so I will expose some film with it (and check exposure with a hand held meter) and see if everything else is ok and than maybe have it serviced as that's what I do with most used camera's I get, just to have a good chance it will work for a long time.

Regards,
Frank

Enjoy your camera. The OM-1 is a classic