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Terry Scott
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 14, 2005 - 03:31 am: | 
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Bought another Pentax, a Spotmatic. This has been converted to take a very small battery (which has gone the way of most batteries).
Question: Which would be the best battery for the camera - an Exell S400PX, a Wein MRB 400, a 387S silver oxide or an SR44/S76 ? Or...?
I am hoping to get an original, unmodified baseplate, by the way. |
Berk Sirman
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 14, 2005 - 09:36 am: |
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Anything that fits in the compartment will work. Note that the battery will go "upside down" as the polarity of the original px400 batteries were opposite to most other batteries. |
Terry Scott
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 14, 2005 - 01:14 pm: |
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Thanks, Berk. Appreciated. One thing, though.
'Upside down': Should the positive terminal be uppermost (facing the camera's innards) or downwards (facing the baseplate)? |
Berk Sirman
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 14, 2005 - 05:01 pm: |
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+ faces the camera
- faces the battery cap
If you are using a smaller 1.5 battery you will need a plastic ring to hold it in place or you will have to stuff something before you put the cap on so that ot doesnt move around.
Berk |
Berk Sirman
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 14, 2005 - 05:02 pm: |
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that should read:
If you are using a smaller 1.5 battery you will need a plastic ring to hold it in place or you will have to stuff something around the battery before you put the cap on so that the battery doesnt move around. |
Terry Scott
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 04:19 am: |
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Understood. Thanks,Berk. |
rafadavidc
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 09:21 pm: |
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i'm not sure if this is kosher, and i'm not trying to spam your thread or anything, but i've got some spotmatic and takumar gear that i need to get rid of. would you like any of it?
--RC |
Terry Scott
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 03:26 am: |
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What I might want is an unmodified baseplate for an original Spotmatic.
Later today, with luck, I'll know whether I still need this. |
Jeanne
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 04:59 am: |
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I know very little about cameras..but have a Pentax Spotmatic...FINALLY found a battery...it is a S400PX BP 1.5 Silver....they put it in at the camera shop for me and the light meter actually started to work! The needle went up..and dropped back quickly signifying it was good. Looked at it again in the car before leaving shop..still worked...got home and the needle just hangs in one place! Like it's not working. I had the switch turned off..so it should not have drained the battery! Any ideas? Thanks. |
