[rollei_list] Re: Krimar speed

I guess I will find out.  I was going to stay with the mercury because I
found a place that sold them and I had two on hand.  But he really wanted
to make the change and said it would work better.. so OK I guess.



> At 09:51 PM 10/16/2006, Eric Goldstein wrote:
>>Krikor should know better than recommend this. Unless you are shooting
>>color negative and really don't care about anything but being in the
>>ballpark, this won't work because of the difference in discharge
>>characteristics betwen mercury and alkaline cells. The meter can
>>easily be off a stop and a half or more over the life of the cell...
>>hopefully he told you...
>
> Eric
>
> I must dissent.  Alkaline cells work quite
> well:  the resulting difference from mercury
> cells is around 1/3 stop, easily accommodated
> even by chrome emulsions.  Change them once a
> month or so to avoid the discharge problem
> (alkaline cells lose power slowly, unlike mercury
> cells, which can lead to increasing discrepancy in readings).
>
> Marc
>
>
>
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>

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