Would you kindly describe the MR-9 adaptor? I recently started to use Silver
Oxide MS-76 batteries in my OM-2, they seem to last longer and they fitted
into the battery compartment with no apparent problem. Should I be using
this adaptor?
Regards,
John Wheeler.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Garth Wood" <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: [OM]
> At 06:27 PM 28/01/2002 -0500, Brian K. Nicoll wrote:
> >Has anybody used the MR-9 alkaline battery adapter that supposedly
permits
> >you to use alkaline batteries in your OM bodies that otherwise require
> >mercury batteries?
>
> Sorry, I should have read your question more carefully. I *do* use the
> MR-9 adapter, but *only* with silver cells (MS-76, SR44W, etc.).
Alkalines
> aren't recommended, because they have a different internal resistance and
> the wrong discharge curve (metering errors start to accumulate).
>
> Silver cells only, that's the way to go with the MR-9.
>
> Garth
>
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