>"357s ARE cheap ($2.20 US each) and I tend to carry 4 of 'em, just in
>case..."
>
>$2.20 _ain't_ cheap -- that's whay you pay at Radio Shock. Watch-supply
>companies sell silver-oxide cells for much less. You have to stripS of 5
>or 10, and the shipping charges will partly offset the savings. However,
>if you can get up a "reasonable" order (most of us need other types of
>watch batteries, as well as lithium cells), you can save a lot of money.
I can buy silver oxide cells from Kodak at Doppheide and Kollow here in
Dortmund for 2,60 DM (1,5 US dollar).
>"I have heard Minolta invented metering a pattern on the shutter
>curtain, but had they thought to use it for TTL-flash?"
>
>A moment's thought will show that that it's impossible to read flash
>exposure off the shutter curtains.
This was one reason for my question.
Matthias
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