As you use the alkaline 1.55v battery, the voltage starts to drop right
away, so adjusting out the 2-3 stop error becomes variable and you have no
way of knowing how much compensation you need or at what point you are in
the batteries life (1.46V?) . It's may be okay or atleast acceptable with
print film.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Hans-Joachim Busch" <Busch-Koeln@xxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Mercury Cells
OM1´s (and the viewfinder cameras) work fine with the 1,5V battery. You just
have to adjust the ASA-speed. It should be about 1+1/3 (400 to 160), but I
didn´t test it, because I still have some batterys, and my service
automatically adjusts the cameras, I give for repair, to use with the new
battery.
Especially for the viefinder Olympus:
If the battery doesn´t fit, because the old original was bigger, fill up
with german pennies (Pfennige). They have exactly the right size and are of
copper. Or use aluminium foil to fill up at the +pole.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rand E" <rtomcala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 12:09 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Mercury Cells
> Jim,
> I was in the same situation, I determined that ordering the conversion
> kit from Bogan was the best bet for the Luna Pro because it uses two
> cells ($10 in mercury cells, and only costs about $19). The OM-1 is a
> different situation because the price ratio isn't that close like the
> Luna Pro. I finally went to the C.R.I.S. adapter because the mercury
> cells are a hassle and I don't see it getting any better in the future.
> Rand E.
>
>
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