Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for info. I laid in about six PX-625's last year so I'm covered for now. But, I need a few PX-27 batteries for use in Minox GTE and Rollei 35SE cameras. Any ideas for a source for these? Because the good old USA is the only country to ban these due to environmental concerns I figure that Varta and other world manufacturers would still be making them by the truckload, so I am surprised to find out Varta is stopping production. I'm for the environment and all that, but it seems the mercury photo battery regulations are a little overboard. I understand one four foot flourscent light tube has more mercury than hundreds of these little camera batteries. Camera batteries last for years in most instances, whereas the lights are consumed rapidly and thrown away. Not to mention that there are lots more light tubes in existence by an order of magnitude. If there were a suitable nontoxic battery with the same characteristics of the banned Hg batteries I wouldn't mind the rules. But nothing has the same discharge characteristics and therefore the substitutes give false readings on analog meters. Perhaps there has been a technological breakthrough recently that I don't know about, and if so, please someone enlighten me. Until then, where can I get real Hg PX-27 batteries? (before it's too late)? mahler@lvcm.com wrote: > > Hi LUGgers, > > Those of you who need mercury batteries for a Leicaflex or an M5 should know about this: > > http://www.gis.net/~amjas/px625.html > > And the price for the Japanese paint job is $400, not $1400. See this: > > http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/5799/shintaro.htm . > > Happy shooting!