The ones that work OK are the hearing aid batteries but their life is really limited to 2-3 months because they get dry (literally). They get their power by a reaction of Zinc and air, the air gets through several holes in the battery. Someone suggested to paint some of the holes of these batteries with nail polish to extend their life, did that a couple of weeks back and can;t yet report whether this works or not.
I use this batteries inside a piece of plastic in a Yashica TL-Electro.
There is a website that has a comprehensive list of battery replacements:
http://www.dantona.com/32-33htm.htm
Good luck
At 10:34 AM 12/16/02 -0800, you wrote:
I collect a lot of camera gear, some stuff is very, very old, while others are only 10 to 30 years old. I have several mint camera that used the old style batteries which were discontinued because of their environmental hazards. A general question, does anyone know if there are batteries that have replaced the obsolete ones? Two batteries I know I could use are the ones similar to the Lithium 3 volt types. One camera uses a similar sized battery but 6 volts. Thanks for any suggestions. Good holidays to all, Gregory david Stempel FIREFRAMEi m a g i n g
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