Guest Kevin Thomas Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Has anyone had any experience with the zinc-air Wein Cells as a replacement for v1.35 mercury batteries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andries Molenaar Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Has anyone had any experience with the zinc-air Wein Cells as a replacement for v1.35 mercury batteries? Nope :( But better check if you really need them. Many cameras and meters just work fine and correct with 1.5v alkaline which cost very little and can be had anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member andy oliver Posted September 29, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted September 29, 2009 Yes, they work very well, you'll need to peal off the backing film, and leave the battery for a short while before use. Have one in my leicina 8s for approx 3 months now and still ok. Some cameras work ok with a 1.5v battery, be warned though, i once used a 1.5v battery in my leicina 8s, it screwed the metering, kept underexposing everything. Now i use the 1.35v wein cell, but the damaged caused by a 1.5v cell requires me to use exposure compensation on the camera... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kevin Thomas Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Thanks Andries and Andy for your posts, I have managed to download a manual for my newly acquired Nizo 801 macro and it looks like a 1.5v battery will give an incorrect meter reading on this model. Given Andy's experience with his leicina 8s I will be sticking to Wein cells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Phipps Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Some cameras work ok with a 1.5v battery, be warned though, i once used a 1.5v battery in my leicina 8s, it screwed the metering, kept underexposing everything. I had the same experience with my Nizo 801. I did a little exposure test (years ago). Using a new set of Varta PX-625 1.35v mercury batteries and a new set of alkalines, I compared the camera's choice of f-stop. With a cart of K40 loaded, here are my results: fps: mercury / alkaline 18: 5.6 / 8 24: 5.6+½-stop / 5.6-½-stop 54: 4+¼-stop / 4-½-stop The alkalines would consistently underexpose, about 1 stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Leal Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 I had the same experience with my Nizo 801. I did a little exposure test (years ago). Using a new set of Varta PX-625 1.35v mercury batteries and a new set of alkalines, I compared the camera's choice of f-stop. With a cart of K40 loaded, here are my results: fps: mercury / alkaline 18: 5.6 / 8 24: 5.6+½-stop / 5.6-½-stop 54: 4+¼-stop / 4-½-stop The alkalines would consistently underexpose, about 1 stop. I found the 1.4 v Zinc Air 675 slightly underexposed my images, but not by a great amount, when compared to the Wein Cell 1.35v. I've had great results using the Weins with my Nizo and Canon 1218. The only thing to watch for is the state of the battery when shipped. I bought a small carton, and after almost a year of sitting on the shelf have found some of them to be near dead after testing them with a battery checker. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2-W39iF1kw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marios Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I have bought a few. And they seem to work just fine... Pretty expensive though... I advise to find out the shutter speed of your camera and use an external light meter. Better control... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Millar Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 It's not just the initial voltage difference that needs to be taken into account... The mercury cells hold a steady voltage for much longer compared to other batteries which fall off at a faster rate (beyond a certain tolerance you'll never have an offset/adjustment exposure value that will hold true for an acceptable timeframe) - both the certain tolerance and acceptable timeframe is up to the individual :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Phipps Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I advise to find out the shutter speed of your camera and use an external light meter. Better control... That's true, but not feasible for all Super-8 cameras (we are in the 8mm forum). Some Super-8 cameras allow choice of f-stop, some do not. Also, with a function like Auto-B, there would be no manual workaround. You can't force the camera to take a longer exposure at a given f-stop. You could do the exposures manually, but not with Auto-B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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