Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There are several options. You can build up a hoard of 1.35v mercury batteries. The supplies are drying up fast but they are out there. Store them in a fridge, not the freezer, and they should last many years. You can use the 1.4v ZnAir batteries. Camera stores sell Wien ones the "right size" for a considerable expense. You can buy them cheap at a drug store (hearing aid batteries) and use a copper washer to fit them properly. They can have a very short life span depending on the humidity where you live. You can get an electronic adapter called C.R.I.S. from these chaps: http://www.criscam.com/mr9.htm They are slightly thicker than the original mercury battery and some battery compartment covers will not go all the way home. It still functions fine. Finally you can send your meter in to have it calibrated to the 1.5v silver cells. The alkaline cells do not have the right discharge curve and will not always be accurate. John Collier > From: "Logan Reinwood" <reinwood007@hotmail.com> > > How do you fix the 1.35v battery problem? Put a 1.5V battery and compensate > with the ISO setting ? - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html