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Author Message   Winfried Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Friday, April 16, 2004 - 03:08 am:    This question has been discussed pretty often - in pretty many places. Actually, it is NOT possible to compensate for the 'extra voltage' given by alkaline cells. The voltage of alkaline cells is not very constant over time. When new they even have around 1.55V. The good news is that the voltage of alkaline cells drops to around 1.45V after some time of operation, and with the low load of the Canonet lightmeter will stay around this value for quite a while. A friend has used some similar cameras with 'pre-aged' alkaline cells with good results for b/w and color print film. For slide film the light meter has to be more accurate.