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Subject: [Leica] 1.35V to 1.5 V battery options--follow up question for Ms. Nakamura
From: wrs111445 at yahoo.com (Bill Smith)
Date: Mon Jul 18 08:04:56 2005

Karen:
 
I aprreciate your valuable input, but a couple of questions. First, how much 
do you adjust ISO? Is there an across- the- board rule? Second, are you 
saying if you use print, rather than slide film, don't worry about the 
voltage differance, because the lab can fix the too dark/ light factors?
 
Bill 

Karen Nakamura <mail@gpsy.com> wrote:
>
>I've got a large collection of approx. 30 yr. old RFs made for the 
>outlawed 1.35V Mercury battery. As I see it, there are 4 options: 
>use a handheld meter and manually set aperture; use a Kanto adapter/ 
>new battery; use a new wein cell/ zinc-air battery; have the camera 
>meter permanently modified.
>


Other options:

1) Adjust the ISO of the film to adjust for the different battery voltage
2) Use print film and assume that the film latitude will cover the disparity

Karen



-- 
Karen Nakamura
http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/
http://www.photoethnography.com/blog/

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Replies: Reply from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] 1.35V to 1.5 V battery options--follow up question for Ms. Nakamura)
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