Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 13, 2007, at 12:20 AM, Nick Roberts wrote: > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Tuesday, 13 March, 2007 5:00:01 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Leica CL and Rollei 35SE batteries > > > I thought that the real problem with the silver or alkaline > batteries is > not the slightly different voltage compared to the original mercury > cells--that is indeed inconsenquential--but the way the voltage goes > down smoothly as the battery is depleted, so your readings become less > and less accurate over time. That is where the mercury cells > supposedly > had an advantage--they retained full (or close to full) voltage until > they died. > > Nathan > > Correct. It's still close enough for B&W use, I find - but my > colour slide 35S has the adaptor instead, as otherwise it really > doesn't work that well. > > Nick Hmmmm... I'm willing to be corrected, but I thought that the voltage curve of silver-oxide batteries was similar to that of mercury batteries. I've gotten my Leicaflexes converted to use the 1.5-volt 625s silver-oxide batteries with no ill effect. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com