Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I once was in the same situation. I found out that it read just about one stop high. You can adjust it with ASA set one stop low. I did not have any problem with this adjustment. To level with you, it should be ok without any adjustment if you are not shooting slides. Liberal tolerance of print films is good enough to cover the difference. The voltage difference is only like 0.15v. Regards, David Lee - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Firestone" <kenf@speakeasy.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 8:13 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] M5 Meter and Alkaline Batteries > On Sun, 27 Jul 2003, Gary Williams wrote: > > Alas I must take my newly aquired M5 on a trip and there is no time to get > the meter calibrated for alkaline batteries. (I will not use an M meter on > it either). What kind of exposure compensation should I expect to have to > use? Or is it more complicated than that? > > I think it is a bit more complicated than that. I am assuming this > camera took the late, lamented mercury batteries. There are several > things you can do. First, a company named Wein makes a zinc/air > battery, that is the correct voltage. But after you activate them they > last only a few months. Or there is a company that makes an adapter > that fits in the camera, and adjusts the voltage of the silver > battery. Check the lug archives and google for both. > > As for the zinc/air battery, I have seen them at Penn camera in the > Washington, DC area, and they could probably ship you one. > > ============================================================================ > Ken Firestone, W3CAT | For every problem there is one solution > kenf@speakeasy.net | which is simple, neat, and wrong. > ken@firestone.net | -- H. L. Mencken > ============================================================================ > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html