Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello, Yes, the silver batteries will give just about one or one and a half stop difference with no harm to the circuitry. Best Wishes, David At 04:26 PM 1/06/99 +0000, you wrote: >M Swiek wrote: ><snip> > >>A final note, while the meter in the SL is very accurate, it takes the >>discontinued mercury batteries. I have found a ready supply of these >>batteries in Europe in the past. Leica in New Jersey says they can >>recalibrate the meter to take newer silver-oxide batteries. I have used the >>silver oxide batteries in two of my camereas without having them recalbrated >>and the resulkts have been fine. > >That's a very interesting point. I've now got enough mercury batteries >residing in the 'fridge to last for a good few years powering my SLs and >N***** Fs. > >But can some electrical guru out there tell us what is the likely effect on >metering of a battery which delivers only 11% more voltage (i.e. 1.5v >against 1.35). Most new batteries seem to deliver slightly over spec. >anyway. > >Is the effect to indicate slightly less exposure or slightly more? > >Slan > >Alex > >Alex Hurst >Cork Florists >19 Winthrop St, Cork >Republic of Ireland >Tel: +353 21 270 907 >Fax: +353 21 271 248 >email: corkflor@iol.ie >Website: http://www.flowerlink.com/corkflorists >Home website: http://homepages.iol.ie/~corkflor/ > > > >