Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M7 and battery life in cold weather
From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 23:09:05 -0400
References: <3.0.2.32.20021204203328.0075e454@roanoke.infi.net> <3DEEB419.E376B465@earthlink.net>

Doug:

Try lithium batteries.  The silver and alkaline ones go dead very quickly 
in the cold.

Regards,

Robert

At 09:32 PM 12/4/2002 -0500, Doug Lee wrote:
>I dusted off my M7 and went out shooting today. Toward the end of the first
>roll of film the batteries dies. I replaced them and all went well. I didn't
>think I had put that many rolls thru it, but I haven't used it for awhile,
>so...
>
>I went back out tonight to get some night shots of my churches construction
>project and after about 5 minutes outside in 28 deg F weather the right
>arrow started blinking in the viewfinder. The camera was set to Auto. The
>blinking right arrow indicates the batteries are getting low, I do believe.
>Has anyone else experienced a similar problem in cold weather? (OK, I know
>28 deg F is not that cold for our Canadian friends. You guys are somewhere
>near Iceland, right?)
>
>Thanks,
>Doug
>
>
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