Olympus RC 35

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Just bought one of these and it has a Kodak KA625 battery. Is it a suitable battery or do I need to make any adjustments to use in automatic mode? It seems to be giving a reasonable reading based on Sunny 16.
 
Moving from a mercury battery to an alkaline battery will give a change in exposure but that will be well within the latitude of film. I have never had an exposure that is significantly out when using the wrong voltage battery. Really, you need to try it an see.
 
You can buy a wein cell battery that is a perfect match to replace the original mercury battery. These cost about £5 or so and only last a few months in use.

I bought an MR-9 battery adapter from the small battery company which takes standard button cells and converts them to the lower (correct) voltage. Mine cost just under £30 from them and is branded "Kanto camera". You can get the same thing on eBay for about £22 but they ship from abroad.
 
I bought two adapters for about £11 from a chinese seller on ebay a while back.
 
john.margetts said:
Moving from a mercury battery to an alkaline battery will give a change in exposure but that will be well within the latitude of film. I have never had an exposure that is significantly out when using the wrong voltage battery. Really, you need to try it an see.
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Just about to drop off a test roll of Poundland finest to be developed so will know soon.
 
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