[rollei_list] Re: OT: Lightmeter
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 11:26:40 -0400
Gossen sells a dedicated kit for using non-mercury cells in it's older
light meters that were designed for them
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=89868&is=REG&Q=&A=details
It gets good reviews from users.
Eric Goldstein
On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> At 10:58 AM 5/13/2013, Allan Derickson wrote:
> >I have the same little Sekonic but my most accurate meter is my old Gossen
> >Super Pilot. It's on my last set of the now banned mercury batteries,
> >however, that I got from Canada several years ago. When they finally die
> >I'll look for something newer.
>
> First, mercury batteries were not 'banned' as such. The US government
> required that an exchange policy be set up so that the exhausted batteries
> could be properly processed, and the camera industry, seeing a niche for
> new sales, refused to set up such a program. I cleaned out a bunch of
> troves of mercury batteries at that time and still have a few around.
>
> Second, Gossen meters work well with alkaline or silver cells as they have
> compensating circuitry to accommodate the differing voltages and fall-off
> rates. Most European camera gear have such circuits, and most Japanese
> gear does not, so you have to be careful about using alkaline cells on
> Oriental cameras.
>
> Third, Gossen markets an adapter to accommodate silver cells in its
> mercury-battery lightmeters. Try Bogen part number 4145 in the US. Radio
> Shack can find you a replacement silver cell when the original one wears
> down.
>
> Marc
>
>
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>
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