I have just found out an interesting bit about the Spotmatics and that is that it uses
Mercury batteries (e.g. PX625), which are not produced anymore (at least not in
Germany).
It is therefore quite difficult to get those batteries and keep the Spotmatic working.
Is
this true and are there any w
Hi Wieland,
The Spots work just fine with a common 1.5V battery.
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
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Su
SA).
Maybe someone can point if a similar battery with the same voltage would
work.
Hope this helps
Martin
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Subject: Spotmatic batteries
R.I.S. adapter should get you a
lot of information. Wein Zinc-air cells can be found easily too.
Len
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On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Wieland Willker wrote:
> I have just found out an interesting bit about the Spotmatics and that
> is that it uses Mercury batteries (e.g. PX625), which are not produced
> anymore (at least not in Germany). It is therefore quite difficult to
> get those batteries and keep the
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Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 5:26 AM
Subject: Spotmatic batteries
> I have just found out an interesting bit about the Spotmatics and that is
that it uses
> Mercury batteries (e.g. PX625), which are not produced anymore (at least
not in Germany).
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Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 2:26 PM
Subject: Spotmatic batteries
> I have just found out an interesting bit about the Spotmatics and
that
At 02:26 PM 1/23/01 +0100, you wrote:
I have just found out an interesting bit about
the Spotmatics and that is that it uses
Mercury batteries (e.g. PX625), which are not produced anymore (at least
not in Germany).
It is therefore quite difficult to get those batteries and keep the
Spotmatic worki
Mark Cassino has muttered..
> I use DA312 zink-air hearing aid batteries. They do not last very long at
> all (I get a couple month out of htem with light use of the camera - they
> will die on their own accord once you pull the tab and allow air to access
> them.) But, at about $1 a battery it'
It was written:
> > I have just found out an interesting bit about the
> > Spotmatics and that is that it uses
> > Mercury batteries (e.g. PX625), which are not produced
> > anymore (at least not in Germany).
> > It is therefore quite difficult to get those batteries and
> > keep the Spotmatic wo
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