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[OM] Re: Sony 357/SR44W batteries - 20 still available.

Subject: [OM] Re: Sony 357/SR44W batteries - 20 still available.
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:12:51 -0500
You'll have to compare the mfgr's spec sheets

Chuck Norcutt

Chris Crawford wrote:
> I have been using the Engergizer 357/303 batteries the last couple years
> when I was living in New Mexico and never saw any problems with them. After
> moving back to northern Indiana, I took my two OM-4T bodies out on a very
> cold day to photograph an old building, and the batteries died within ten
> minutes of going out in the cold. After I got home and they warmed up, they
> worked again. 
> 
> I have two questions if anyone on the list knows:
> 
> Do the batteries that Bill is offering work better in cold weather.
> 
> And
> 
> I was looking at the Energizer website and they mention an EPX76 battery
> that they say is designed specifically for cameras. Their data sheet shows
> it has a higher amperage than the 357/303. I went and bought some of these
> batteries at a local store but they are EXPENSIVE. $4.50 EACH. Has anyone
> tried these in their OM's, and do they work better than the 357/303 and are
> the Sony batteries that Bill has better or the same as these? If they're
> equal or better I'll get some from him, given how cheap they are compared to
> the engergizer EPX76 bought locally.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 

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