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Subject: [OM] Re: Battery question
From: hiwayman@xxxxxxx (Walt Wayman)
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:47:49 +0000
I've got a bunch of 357s, so I really don't need these for the OMs. I guess 
I'll just use the Leica more and see how long it takes me to use 'em up.

Walt

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-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Walt Wayman wrote:
> > The Leica M6 TTL manual says to use either two 1.5 volt silver oxide button 
> cells or one 3 volt lithium cell for the exposure meter. (Everything else is 
> mechanical.) I ordered a half dozen 3 volt lithium batteries on line, and the 
> folks I ordered from, apparently by mistake, sent me a dozen. I'm not 
> complaining, but I'll never use all those in the Leica -- doubt I'll live 
> that 
> long -- so can I use them safely in an OM-4 or OM-4Ti?
> >   
> Safely, as in will not damage the camera? Yes. Unless the scenario 
> outlined below leads to irrational damage by the user.
> 
> Safely as in will not cause mental and emotional damage in the user, 
> Possibly not.
> 
> The problem is that it doesn't take very long before the battery drops 
> voltage enough under the load of the shutter that it causes the camera 
> to lock up. The test light/sound says it is ok, you run the shutter dial 
> down to red 60, the mirror drops, and the next shot is fine. And a few 
> minutes later the next shot is fine, and so on, until you take a few 
> shots in fairly quick succession - and somewhere in the run of shots, it 
> locks up again, only to recover after a bit.
> 
> It takes it some time, increasing with age and use, to recover from the 
> voltage drop from a heavy load, leading to symptoms that may easily 
> cause the user to believe the camera suffers from some sort of 
> intermittent failure.
> 
> Been there, done that, but only once. And fortunately, I realized what 
> was happening after trying a set of 357s in the camera.
> 
> So, if you need to burn 'em, just keep in mind how they may make the 
> camera act and act accordingly yourself. And take back-ups.
> 
> Or offer the extras free for postage to other Leicaphiles.
> 
> Moose
> 
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