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martinsmith99
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 Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject: 625 Battery |
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No doubt this has been asked many times......
I have today aquired a Praktica Super TL. This is my 1st film SLR and was kindly donated to me. All seems to work fine but it has no battery, so no meter.
I understand that the original batteries are no longer available, but are there any reasonably priced alternatives. I don't want the zinc/air battery option as the camera will only get occasional use. What about adapters or some kind of mod?
Thanks
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maddog10
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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You can get an adapter from www.criscam.com, they are not exactly cheap.
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Attila
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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I calculated already from a price of adapter I can buy air-zink batteries for 5 years at least.
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Prometheus
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| Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:14 am Post subject: |
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I buy my PX625's from a swedish officestore for about 2€, they work well in the Yashicas anyway and seems to work good in the Gossen lightmeter also. Check your office store, I think this type of battery was used in calculators or something like that so they sell replacement batteries for offices.
My Praktica uses PX28, that one I haven't found here yet though. I know I can buy them from international stores on the net but I havn't come around to it yet.
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lahnet
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| Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:31 am Post subject: |
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| Prometheus wrote: | I buy my PX625's from a swedish officestore for about 2€, they work well in the Yashicas anyway and seems to work good in the Gossen lightmeter also. Check your office store, I think this type of battery was used in calculators or something like that so they sell replacement batteries for offices.
My Praktica uses PX28, that one I haven't found here yet though. I know I can buy them from international stores on the net but I havn't come around to it yet. |
Interesting.. The ones you buy are they 1,35 or 1,50 volts. If 1,35 please post a link.
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Prometheus
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Attila
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| Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:46 am Post subject: |
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Gössen lighmeter cheating a bit with 1.5 volt, but with negative film this is acceptable.
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Laurence
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| Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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Zinc-Air batteries are easily preserved by re-covering the air holes. This adds many months to the life of the battery.
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LucisPictor
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| Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Laurence wrote: | | Zinc-Air batteries are easily preserved by re-covering the air holes. This adds many months to the life of the battery. |
That's an excellent hint!
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rick_oleson
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:30 am Post subject: |
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| Prometheus wrote: | | lahnet wrote: | | Interesting.. The ones you buy are they 1,35 or 1,50 volts. If 1,35 please post a link. |
Oops, no they are 1.5 volts... so I guess it depends on how the extra voltage is handled. |
Are they silver cells or alkaline? I just saw some mention of a silver 625 cell the other day but I've never seen one myself.... alkaline cells are unstable in voltage, in some cameras they will give a good exposure one day and a bad one (in either direction) on another day. As you say, it depends on the meter circuit.
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Prometheus
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:50 am Post subject: |
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| rick_oleson wrote: | | Are they silver cells or alkaline? I just saw some mention of a silver 625 cell the other day but I've never seen one myself.... alkaline cells are unstable in voltage, in some cameras they will give a good exposure one day and a bad one (in either direction) on another day. As you say, it depends on the meter circuit. |
Alkaline, but they worked good so far...
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Screamin Scott
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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See this thread which addressed this issue for my take...
http://forum.mflenses.com/gossen-lunasix-3-exposure-meter-battery-replacement-t10388,highlight,625+battery.html
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Screamin Scott
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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Mattias,
I use the #675 hearing aid air cells in my older equipment. I have the outer "shell" of a couple of alkaline 625's that I use to make them fit correctly. It's just like the adapter mentioned earlier ( http://www.cris-store.com/servlet/the-5/MR9-MR-dsh-9-Mercury-Battery/Detail) but without the voltage reducing diode. Since the #675 hearing aid air cells are the closest to the old mercury cells, the diode isn't needed.
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