OLY has an adaptor that allows you to use SR44 battery in your OM-is. Paul.
Garth Wood wrote:
> At 08:38 PM 2/12/98 -0800, Gary Schloss wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> >Btw, the Japanese whose diet contains lots of seafood, were at the
> >forefront of the Hg battery ban. The most amazing thing is that
> >this ban was planned since the mid-70's, and has been in place for
> >over 10 years now, and we still don't have a substitute that can
> >compare to the original Hg PX625's.
>
> Well, it's no longer a "rumour" -- Varta is indeed discontinuing the
> production of the PX625-equivalent battery at the end of 1998. Here's a
> portion of the e-mail message I received from the Varta folks:
>
> "Dear Mr. Wood,
>
> unfortunately it is true that Varta will stop the production of mercury
> batteries to the end of 1998. After this time no manufacture is any
> longer allowed to produce and sell those batteries because of the
> damage to the environment. Sorry that I can not give you a much more
> positive answer.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Dorrit Weinspach
> GMS VARTA Ellwangen
> Germany"
>
> Guess that about does it. Looks like that adapter for older OMs is gonna
> start selling even better soon...
>
> Garth Wood
>
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