Where can I get the 1.3 V battery for a Minolta SRT-101

Vsanzbajo

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• Apr 28, 2011

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Where can I get the 1.3 V battery for a Minolta SRT-101
Thanks in advance.

 

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• Apr 28, 2011

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Suggest you google "1.35v mercury battery replacement". You'll find a few alternatives.

 

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PX625 cells--like all other mercury cells--have been banned in Europe and N. America since 2000.

As suggested, just Google "PX 625 replacement" for tons of advice.

 

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• Apr 28, 2011

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This is what I use:
MR-9
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jmcd said:

This is what I use:
MR-9
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I guess in the long run that may be a viable alternative but I need 2 for my Ftn Photomic.

I didn't pay much more than 70 bills for the camera.
I may try a homemade rig with hearing aid batteries first.

 

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A 675 hearing aid battery with a small o-ring around it works pretty well as a 625 size mercury battery substitute.

 

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Buy them at Costco, $10 for 30 of them here in Canada.

 

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• Apr 29, 2011

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A good repairer should ask around $40 for inserting a voltage regulator inside the camera (SRTs have plenty of room). That would allow you to use common alkaline batteries without any deviation in results and solve the problem once for all.

As an acceptable (but not totally equivalent) alternative you might try these adapters, they are reasonably cheap:

http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/batt_adapt_us.pdf

The document contains also instructions for doing it by yourself.

Fabrizio

 

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Diapositivo said:

A good repairer should ask around $40 for inserting a voltage regulator inside the camera (SRTs have plenty of room). That would allow you to use common alkaline batteries without any deviation in results and solve the problem once for all.

As an acceptable (but not totally equivalent) alternative you might try these adapters, they are reasonably cheap:

http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/batt_adapt_us.pdf

The document contains also instructions for doing it by yourself.

Fabrizio

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I'd rather get a S/H exposure meter for less than $40 e.g. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/weston-exposu...y_VintagePhotoAccessories&hash=item3f0969e53c,

also you could try a 1.5v battery and adjust the asa