Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, Marc James Small wrote: > At 10:41 AM 2/5/97 -0500, Ed Meyers wrote: > > >My experience is that you must check the meter carefully, as > >the CdS cell may not be up to snuff. Use the meter check. Also, > >be aware that it was designed for the PX-13 and 625 mercury > >batteries which are no longer made. The Wien "air" battery > >works, but for about 1/4 the usual two years I'm used to. > > > Mine worked well on a PX76 silver-oxide cell. I still owned the camera when > the first words of the impending death of the mercury cell came out, so I > tried mine on a '76 for more than a year. Closer than 1/3 stop accuracy, so > I suspect there is an internal regulator in the circuitry. > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! > > I never thought to check if the SL worked with the MS-76. Now I shall try it. Thanks. Ed Meyers