Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] SL battery help
From: "David Kieltyka" <daverk@email.msn.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 22:28:49 -0500

Jim Hemenway <jim@hemenway.com> wrote (edited):

> I think that I have the [SL's] meter working properly with a
> Varta V625PX - 1.35 volt Mercury battery which I've had in
> my refrigerator for a year or so. I compared the meter
> against my Rolleiflex SL with a Varta V 625U and they read
> the same.
>
> We can no longer buy these batteries in Massachusetts, (and
> just about everywhere else I've been told) so I'm wondering
> what to do when this battery dies. What is the Leica
> community common wisdom on this problem?

Jim, I use the Wein Zinc/Air cells in my SL2. I shoot mostly Kodachrome with
this camera and meter accuracy is fine.

- -Dave-

P.S. The Rolleiflex T continues to crank along with nary a complaint. (I
bought my Rollei from Jim a couple years ago.)