Killing Batteries

Whisky-dave wrote:
On Thursday, 13 February 2014 19:14:58 UTC, Dudley Hanks wrote:
Back when I used my Canon A2, I went through a ton of batteries,
especially in cold weather.

Do you really mean an A2 I have an A1 which uses a silver oxide 6V battery.
something like a PX28, I don't think lithium were around then.


It seemed like the batteries would die everytime I took the cam
out in temps below about -15, or somewheres around that temp.

I've never ventured out in those sorts of temeratures so have no experince of them. But I know electronic circuits have specific minium temeratures at whic they are spected at.







Yep, it's an actual A2, probably the best 35mm wedding cam
ever built, at least as far as film is concerned.


I also had an A1 cam, as well as an AE1. But, that's really
going back...

And, yes, I used and abused my A2, taking it out in temps far
colder than what it was rated for. I don't remember what
Canon's recommendation was, but I'd imagine it to be around +
2C to +4C.

In spite of its insatiable hunger for electricity, I had a lot
of fun with that model.