Ok, thanks. Now I'm gettin' hyper enabled. Regards Albano
--- bransky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 19:06:32 -0800 > > From: "Bill D. Casselberry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Albano Garcia wrote: > > > > > I saw a black cute-looking Canonet going for a > song in > > > a local pwan shop. > > > Somebody on list with on-hand experience? Some > > > pictures taken with it to see? > > > > can you still buy mercury batteries down > there? The QL17 > > uses one. It will work fine w/o a battery, > only the meter > > uses electricity. It is a nice camera w/ > good optics. > > > > Bill > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Bill D. Casselberry ; Photography on the > Oregon Coast > > > > > http://www.orednet.org/~bcasselb > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Albano, as others have said, an all black Canonet > QL17 G-III is worth a lot more than $40. > > You do not need a mercury battery for it. I have > used an alkaline battery (1.5V 625) with no problems > on mine. Anyway, I have read that, like the > Spotmatics, the Canonet has a bridge circuit so that > something other than the "correct" voltage mercury > battery will work. Not knowing electronics, I don't > know for sure about bridge circuits, but I do know > that mine works OK with the alkaline. True, I am > only shooting prints. > > My wife and I have taken many pictures over the > years with this camera, and it's good. The biggest > problem you see on old Canonets is that the shutter > is stuck, and the foam seals have turned into goo, > but both are repairable. > > Aaron Bransky > ===== Albano Garcia "El Pibe Asahi" __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com
