Leica M6 battery issues.

[Guest]

Well finally after 25 years of use my two light meter batteries have packed in. They were Energizer EPX76 but I can not find that type anymore. What are the now standard batteries used in this camera please ???

 

[raydm6]

Leica M6 battery issues.

Try 357/303 type:

 

[Guest]

I saw that but the Voltage will be off, two equate to 3.1 V
This statement I know might sound stupid, but Voltage discrepancy’s cause issues. I am going to search for a Leica PDF download.
It’s incredible that the two batteries that have worn out have lasted me since I bought the camera, 25 years of battery use to me is amazing.

 

[dourbalistar]

https://www.butkus.org/chinon/leica/leica_m6/leica_m6.htm

The manual has some recommended batteries and brands. FWIW, the German-made Varta V 76 PX are 1.55v. The M6 TTL manual recommends the Duracell D 357, which are also 1.55v.

 

[Nitroplait]

I prefer a CR1/3N Lithium 3V battery. Mainly because they have a very long shelf life and I don’t have to fiddle with 2 batteries. I have used 2xSR44s (1.55V)in the past with no problems.

 

[Robert Lai]

25 years out of the original batteries is amazing.

 

[Richard G]

I have a battery in my Gossen Sixtar lightmeter and my HP calculator that’s lasted twenty years plus.

In my M6 I use GP batteries SR44 silver oxide 1.55 x 2.

 

[plummerl]

Actually, if you look at the EPX76 Product sheet at energizer.com, it actually lists it as 3.55 volts. I second the CR1/3N, I use it in my MP & M6.

https://data.energizer.com/PDFs/EPX76Z.pdf

 

[Beemermark]

Every battery manufacturers has there own designation. The Energizer EPX is a modern silver oxide battery and is readily available under a number of designations -
LR44 AG13 A76, GPA76, L1154F, L1154, 357A, 157, 303, 357, SR44, SR44SW

 

[Nitroplait]

Every battery manufacturers has there own designation. The Energizer EPX is a modern silver oxide battery and is readily available under a number of designations -
LR44 AG13 A76, GPA76, L1154F, L1154, 357A, 157, 303, 357, SR44, SR44SW

While LR44 may substitute SR44 in a pinch, it is NOT a silver oxide battery (it is alkaline) and has a different discharge profile. Silver oxide is preferable over alkaline.

 

[PhotoGog]

And lithium is preferable over silver oxide since they do not leak as easily. Having said that, the negative impact of lithium mining upon the environment is increasing - just ask Chile, Bolivia, Tibet, et al.

 

[Nitroplait]

Yeah good point.
It is a nightmare to be a concerned consumer. Can a pack of 10 batteries for $1.49 possibly have been produced with the same attention to pollution, workers health etc. as a pack that cost $10?
I tend to buy batteries produced in democratic countries under the possibly naive assumption that there are some regulations in place, but I am well aware that the lithium in my Japanse or German made lithium battery does not originate from either of those two contries.