battery for Canon AE1P?

I have an old Canon AE1P that I want to dust off but I know that the old
style batteries are no longer made (mercury?). I've read that there are
new alternatives ... does anyone have any suggestions? I remember
reading somewhere that a non-mercury replacement battery had a different
voltage and that threw off the meter, requiring manual adjustment ... is
that accurate?

Thanks.

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That_Rich wrote:

On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 11:11:22 -0400, Tim wrote:

I have an old Canon AE1P that I want to dust off but I know that the old
style batteries are no longer made (mercury?). I've read that there are
new alternatives ... does anyone have any suggestions? I remember
reading somewhere that a non-mercury replacement battery had a different
voltage and that threw off the meter, requiring manual adjustment ... is
that accurate?

Thanks.

The AE1-P does not use mercury batteries. It uses readily available
batteries such as...

Eveready UCAR A544 Alkaline-Manganese 6v

Eveready UCAR 544, Duracell PX28 Silver-Oxide 6v

or if you want to splurge

Duracell PX28L Lithium 6v

Have fun.

RP©

Thanks Rich.