Re: [Leica] M7 and battery life in cold weather

["Doug Lee" <doug.lee8@verizon.net>]

Robert,

Thanks. The M7 takes lithiums. I think the problem is operator error. Upon
re-reading the manual, it would appear that the flashing arrow is an
under-exposure warning. Doooohhhh!

- -Doug

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] M7 and battery life in cold weather


> 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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