Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/17

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Subject: [Leica] 1.35V to 1.5 V battery options
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Sun Jul 17 09:32:54 2005

on 7/17/05 7:33 AM, Don Dory at don.dory@gmail.com wrote:

> The problem of having the camera adapted to the 1.5 volt cell is that
> many of the cells available are alkaline and have a non linear
> discharge curve.  Meaning that your meter is only accurate once; this
> is fine if you shoot negative film but not so nice if you shoot
> transparency.

I'm using 625s silver-oxide cells which have a flatter dischage curve.
These are 1.5-volt cells so the meter needs to be re-calibrated

> I have had excellent luck with the CRIS adapters including with my SL
> and SL2 for which some people have difficulty threading the cover all
> the way on.

I'm one of those who have not been able to thread the cover back on.  I have
a C.R.I.S. adapter for sale.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com



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