Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John, See this from Bob Decker (the doyen of Nikon F & F2 meter repairers): http://hometown.aol.com/drwyn/myhomepage/webdoc4.htm Cheers Jayanand Govindaraj Chennai, India ----- Original Message ----- From: "John O. Newell" <john.o.newell@comcast.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 7:32 AM Subject: [Leica] Alkaline vs Silver 625 replacement batteries > This is probably a dumb question; in fact, I hope it is, but I'm cautious > about making assumptions. I'm wondering whether anyone has had, or can > think of, any issues in using a silver 625 cell in a camera that > originally used a mercury 625 cell but has been recalibrated for an > alkaline 625 cell. This would be a change from 1.5v nominal to 1.55v > nominal, which seems like it would be a difference so small that it would > be easily lost in the noise (examples: didn't precisely center needle; > didn't pick precisely correct area to meter) or at least would be well > within the latitude of even color reversal film. Yes/no/maybe? > Also, I'm assuming...but interested in confirmation...that there are no > physical differences between the alkaline and silver oxide dimensions? I > have read of users with problems using the CRIS adapters. > Many thanks for any info > John Newell > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >