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Melissa Risselada
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 08:01 am: | 
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Hello, can't tell you how happy I am to find a website for these questions. I have a Sekonic Micro Clipon light meter for Pentax series cameras with no light meter and wondered if the 1.5V battery I found is going to work. I have heard the battery required for this little wonder is a different voltage and this one they make needs an adapter of some sort. Does anyone know? Thanks alot!
Melissa |
Mark Pearce
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 08:40 am: |
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I think that this uses the same meter movement as the Micro Junior shoe mount meter. If so, it was made for the PX13/625 mecurey battery of 1.35v. This opens an old can of worms here.
I have a couple of the Micro Juniors, and I've been using the last of my horded PX625s in them.
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Melissa Risselada
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 11:53 am: |
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Mark, thanks for responding. Yes, that's what I am afraid of that the 1.5 is too powerful, giving inaccurate readings, or so I have heard. I thought there was some kind of adapter out there which a person could use to change the available 625A /PX625/H-D/MR9, to the 1.35v.
Melissa |
Brian Walters
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 05:43 pm: |
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Melissa
See the following link about an adapter. They aren't cheap but you only need one.
http://www.criscam.com/mr9.htm
Alternatively you can probably use 675 hearing aid batteries. These are smaller and only last a few months but they are cheap and have about the right voltage. They are also smaller in diameter than the 625 so you might need to put some non-conductive padding around the battery to hold it in position. I've successfully used hearing aid batteries in a couple of my cameras which were designed for the 625.
Cheers
Brian
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greyhoundman
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 21, 2005 - 05:49 am: |
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I have one of these meters. I use a #675 hearing aid battery. The meter has been accurate under the conditions in which I used it. |
Mark Pearce
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 21, 2005 - 11:02 am: |
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Look at the bright side: the Pentax clip-on takes TWO PX 13/625. |
Melissa
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 03:18 pm: |
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Thank you everyone! I have found a bounty of choices here and I'm sorry I waited so long to let you know how you all helped! Melissa |
