At 12:34 PM 12/26/98 +0000, Giles Stewart wrote:
>
>It was mentioned that lithium batteries - the non rechargeable kind -
>are not as badly affected as silver oxides by sub-zero temperatures.
>
>There is a 3v lithium battery available which is exactly the size of
>two Sr44's stacked. I forget the exact designation of this battery
>but used to use them in a Nikon FG I once owned.
>
>Could this battery be the answer to shooting in cold weather? If it
>shares other lithiums sub-zero performance it would be a much more
>elegant solution than making up an external power pack with
>regulator.
Giles:
Actually, I've tried those cells in my OM-4. They work fine for a little
while, but the OM-4's internal circuitry quickly discharges them when the
camera's stored without being set to both "manual" and the Red 1/60th setting.
They also started to produce erratic behaviour after a short shooting period
(several weeks of occasional use). I chalked this up to the lithiums perhaps
not having a reasonably flat discharge curve. YMMV, of course.
Garth
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