Marc, This is not a dissent, but how many of us would be willing to change batteries once a month in all of our gear that has been converted? I use the little adapter to function with the hearing aid 386 AgO cell. End of problem. Jerry Marc James Small wrote: > 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! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.0.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/476 - Release Date: > 10/14/2006 >