Hi, I don't know, but I have heard and read from numerous sources that such is possible. However, over the years, having been familiar with several such meters, I've never ~known~ it to happen.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Derby Chang > My old Spotmeter V was working fine a few weeks ago. But tonight, > I pulled it out, and the meter is pointing hard right - no meter action > there. I've tried fresh batteries - no good. Tried the existing > batteries from the meter in another camera, which worked fine. > > Since I bought the meter, it has has SR44s in them. I know the meter > was originally designed to take mercury batteries, but could the silver > batteries, with the higher voltage, damaged it?
