Leica M5 Battery. Leica M5 35mm Film Camera Review Casual Photophile The self-timer arm and the field-of-view preselector (now on the M5 additionally with battery test function) are of the same design as the Leica M4 (1967) Sherry said she could, "re-calabrate", my M5 meters to use some other button cell battery, but I forgot which one she was talking about.
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Hen on amazon I bought a pack of 5 energizer replacement batteries for $6 It was the first Leica rangefinder camera to feature through-the-lens
Leica M5 50th Jahre/Anniversary Edition film camera Black (full set
This one has been modified to work with 1,5 v batteries My M5 with 90mm Summicron attached; Gossen Digi-Six 2 waits to prove the accuracy of the M5's light meter when powered by the new Wein Cell from the Small Battery Company The lens and camera are shown with the Gossen Digi-Six 2 which I used to check the Leica M5 meter. I also got an A76 battery and measure its voltage -- 1.6v
Leica M Battery pack BPSCL 2 (M Typ 240) Leica Store Miami. I tried to use Varta V625U/LR9 batteries, but theses ones seem to be too thick to close the battery compartiment Hen on amazon I bought a pack of 5 energizer replacement batteries for $6
Leica M5 35mm Film Camera Review Casual Photophile. These give the correct 1.35 volt output and they replace the original, now no longer available, mercury oxide batteries Another is weincell but they don't last long and a byproduct is water so if you leave it in too long it will corrode the irreplaceable battery chamber