Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/29

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Subject: [Leica] Re:batteries for Leica CL and Minolta CLE
From: Cummer <cummer@netvigator.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 18:58:34 +0800
References: <200204281620.JAA22434@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>

At 9:20 AM -0700 4/28/02, Leica Users digest wrote:
>G. Michael Clark" wrote:
>
>>  Good Morning:
>>
>>  Somewhere I read that there is an exposure-correction problem that
>>  has to be addressed when the batteries that the LEICA CL and MINOLTA
>>  CLE were designed for are replaced with the currently(?) available
>>  eco-friendly batteries.
>>
>>  Is this so?
>>
>>  If so, does anyone know whether matching-the-needle-in-the-slot would
>>  result in overexposure or underexposure?
>>
>  > My Thanks in Advance!

Michael,
The CL uses a PX 625 mercury cell, as Nathan has pointed out, but the 
CLE uses 1.5 v silver oxide batteries (s-76 or A-76 or equivalent) 
which are still available.
Howard
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