Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]www.weincell.com www.micro-tools.com Have no first hand knowledge of these people but they claim to exactly duplicate the 1.35V output of the defunct mercury cells thereby retaining metering accuracy and avoiding readings that can be as much as two f/stops off Graham http://geebeespaw.users.btopenworld.com/ - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: 26 January 2002 20:54 Subject: Re: [Leica] Chinese / Indian Batteries > Bill, > > They are widely available in Swiss and German camera shops. However, usually > they are considerably more expensive that the original Varta batteries used > to cost, and most importantly, they cannot be trusted. I recently spoke with > a Rollei repair guy here in Zurich who tested some of the Chinese clones of > the PX625 and found that they delivered 1.5V instead of the 1.35V that the > real thing gives. I therefore will not use them in my Leicaflex and Rollei > 35. When my stash of Varta 625s runs out, I will simply use the Cris adapter > (so I can use alkaline batteries) or have the cameras converted, again to > allow use of the alkalines. > > Nathan > > Bill Satterfield wrote: > > > where and how do you get them? > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > > -- > 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