Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Someone posted that the Duracel lithium is not reliable when it gets weak. It still indicates ok, but gives incorrect exposure indications. I don't know if this is a lithium battery problem or a Duracel brand problem. Dennis Piet Schelling wrote: > > All, > > An issue that has been adressed a few times already: battery life of M6 TTL. > Most likely there are some more figures available now, based on practical > experience. > > I'm now using my M6 TTL for almost four months and took close to 300 > pictures after which the flashing LED's of the light meter indicated an > "empty" battery. The (unloaded) battery voltage is 2.75V so the indicator > seems to work well. 300 pictures is far less than the 2900 indicated by > Leica. I must admit that I usually take more light meter readings (2 to 3) > before taking the picture which ofcourse affects battery life in a negative > way compared to the figures given by Leica. I used a Duracell Lithium > battery (one of the types specified by Leica). > > Regards, > > Piet