50 or 60 cents is cheap enough to put up with the short life of the zinc-air cells. I also like the CRIS adapter that lets me use S76 silver cells where PX-13 are needed. The power and discharge characteristics are much the same as the mercury version. The adapter isn't cheap but you only need to buy one for each cell and then just re-use the adapter indefinitely. Len --- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > William Wiseman > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 4:46 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Mercury Cell vs. Zinc Air > > > > > >>My take on the subject is that the zinc air > batteries are quite acceptable > >>as > a substitute battery for the older cameras. My > limited experience is with > Konica and Olympus cameras having simple swinging > needle meters, and in > those > cameras the life of the zinc air batteries is approx. > 3 months.� The > attraction for me is that the zinc air batteries can > be purchased at my > local > discount warehouse, (Costco), for about 50 - 60 cents > apiece, and it is not > that much trouble to replace them when they die.<< > > I haven't been able to get more than a month or maybe > two from the z-a > cells. And the voltage doesn't seem to be as > consistant. My problem is the 4 > older cameras and two meters that need the mercury > cells. I have been told > that the meters and at least one of the cameras > cannot be adapted to 1.35v > alkaline cells so that option is out. So should I > retire old but functioning > favorite equipment, live with inaccurate meters or > try to get the batteries > that I used for 20years. > > JeffW. > ______________________________________________________ > ___________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
