Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 4/6/2005 9:04:00 PM Central Daylight Time, john.o.newell@comcast.net writes: 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? When I had my Leicaflex SL CLA'd by Leica NJ last year, I haqd them update the battery calibration to what they suggested to replace the battery. They recalibrated it for the Alkaline 625 batteries. Works just fine with proper battery life. Gene