Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/09/25
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John---
Any opinion on lithium batts vs. silver oxide? I'm always told they
pump out the voltage in cold weather better than silvers, but I've only
found that to be true in the D size cell I use for a headlamp in the
mountains --- not the 3-volt hummers that fit into the front of the M6.
Chuck Albertson
Seattle, Wash.
At 02:39 PM 9/21/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Never use alkaline batteries in these cameras, only use silver oxide
batteries.
>The Varta V 76 PX are great, but any silver 76 will do. They will keep there
>current at one level and then die, where the alkaline will sometimes get weak
>and affect your reading and slowly die.
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>John
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