[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all, this is a bit OT, but still is about canon... I've an old canonet GIII QL 17. It uses the mercury-based 625 battery 1.3v that are no more produced. Some sites, i.e.: http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?Canon CanonetGIIIQL17.html~mainFrame report that "the Canon engineers [..] made the circuitry voltage compensating" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ Best thing to do it try the Alkaline version of the PX625 and check the metering against another one of your cameras. While it may accept the voltage, many cameras that used mercury cells used the battery's ability of having a flat output of 1.35v in the meter operation. What this means is that many older cameras that require mercury 1.35v batteries, may have different meter readings if you substitute 1.55v alkalines since they vary from about 1.62v when new to about 1.35v when almost exhausted. If there is a silver-oxide battery in this size use that instead. It is less variable in output voltage. Peter K * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
