Hi-matic F vs Minolta Hi-matic CS

[RTOGOG]

What are the differences between Minolta Hi-matic F vs Minolta Hi-matic CS?
I have the first one and the shape look the same. I googled it but can not find the manual for the last one.
Thank you for your help

[Minolfan]

Hardly anything decent to find must be rather rare!
It appears to be very alike the F indeed, but black.
Iso 25 - 500 (Iso 25 - 400)
Seiko shutter 4sec - 1/724, just like the F
Battery 2x PX640 (replacable by 2x SR44 and a dummy)
Flash auto exposure by GN

[Eugen Mezei]

Exactly the same as the F. If I remember correctly the S stands for Sears, as it was manufactured for this Hypermarket chain. Avaible only in black. Maybe rare in Europe. If I find the link where my information is, I will post it.

[Minolfan]

No , I did not test with slide film.

[RTOGOG]

[RTOGOG]

[Eugen Mezei]

I use LR44 size mercuries around which I put an O-Ring number 9 (I think that is inner diameter 9). This way you have the diameter of a 625 battery. The original batteries (PX640) have this diameter but are taller. So I fill the remaining space with two balls (one per battery) of aluminium foil. Put an insulating separator between the two batteries, so you don't have a short. A piece of folded paper is sufficient.

The elegant solution would be to machine two adaptors. Can be done by every mechanical shop with a lathe. Dimensions existed on the net, but I don't find the site right now. But no problem for any shop. In fact you could take a rod of appropiate diameter and drill a hole on one end where you fit you battery in.

I use real mercuries, but maybe if you expose negative film (I expose slides) it will work with alkalines too.

Eugen

[Minolfan]

I stack two SR44 on one side and some metal bolt (the dummy) in the other part of the batterychamber.
It can also be done this way: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigshock/3573056331/
Each side one and some metal spring to fill the space.