Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html