Of course that should read "cuts the 1.5 volt ... to the 1.35 volt" (I
should really read these before I hit send).
P. J. Alling wrote:
You should be able to use Silver Oxide or Lithium replacements
directly in your Spotmatic, (get a rubber O ring that just fits around
the battery to make a relatively tight fit.. However if you really
want the correct voltage, or close anyway, you can use Zinc (Wein)
cells, these are often available in multi packs as hearing aid
batteries. There is a third solution, there is a company
making/selling an adapter that cuts the 1.5 volt output of modern
batteries down to the 3.5 volt mercury output. A search of the
Internet should turn them up. I believe they just screw into the
camera where the battery cover fits, a bit pricey if I remember
correctly.
Ian MUNRO wrote:
I'm new to this group, and have a query, if i may.
Short story: My old ME "died" (Mirror keeps jamming, nad the
cost of a total pverhaul is in the order of $300,) so I thought I'd
try my luck on E - bay, and see if I could get another camera. Put
bids on several units, and have ended up with a P30, (with owners
manual,) and a Spotmatic, (without manual).
Would like to try them out for a while, and see which one I like
best. to do that i need batteries for them. the P30 was no
problem, but the spotmatic is proving difficult
Have looked up the user "on line" manual for the Spotmatic, which
is how I found this group, via a "google" search. The manual
mentions a 400 R battery. So far I've been unable to find what the
current equivalent is. Would someone be able to advise me what sort
of battery I'm looking for, please.
Ian MUNRO
Norlane, Victoria
Australia.
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