Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/24

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Subject: RE: [Leica] OM-1 batteries
From: "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 09:19:47 -0600

flourescent light ballasts contain more mercury than your camera battery and
yet  (unless you are a contractor dumping hundreds) EPA rules etc allow them
to be dumped in landfills - and hundred, probably thousands, are dumped
every day - go figure....

tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Herbert &
> Lee Kanner
> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 1:23 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Cc: WDHightowe@aol.com
> Subject: [Leica] OM-1 batteries
>
>
> I'm posting this on behalf of a non-photographer friend.  He has an OM-1,
> whose mercury battery is still alive; the unavailability of mercury
> batteries in the U.S. came as a surprise to him.  I am not current on the
> various alternatives; the cameras in my stable that use them (at least a
> Rollei 35S and a Nikkormat) have long since been retired.  So, what should
> I advise him: conversion  of his camera, some trick adaptor device, Wien
> cell, smuggling in mercury batteries from Canada?  I know that he would be
> responsible about disposing of used mercury batteries at the hazardous
> waste dump.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Herb
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