[rollei_list] Re: Rollei 35 meter battery

$75?  how cheap is that...?

peter
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:20:30 -0400 Mike Kovacs <mskovacs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> Rollei 35's only use the battery to power the meter.
> 
> The Rollei 35B (Triotar) is the budget model. It has no slow speeds, 
> 
> more plastic in the film advance mechanism, and a selenium meter not 
> 
> requiring a battery. I would recommend you hold out for a Tessar or 
> Sonnar model unless the price is dirt cheap.
> 
> 
> 
> Peter J Nebergall wrote:
> > is the camera battery-dependent, or is it like an old Contax III 
> or 
> > Canon 7, meter ignorable if it packs in? I have been offered a 
> > Triotar-fronted Rollei 35, and I'm wondering...
> > Peter nebergall
> > On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 13:01:21 -0700 "Roland Smith" 
> <roland.dnai@xxxxxxx 
> > <mailto:roland.dnai@xxxxxxx>> writes:
> >
> >     I can?t vouch for the life of alkaline/manganese batteries. I 
> have
> >     mercury batteries in all my Rollei 35s and have never had a
> >     battery run down. I always keep my Rollei 35s in the zippered
> >     leather case, zipped up, except for the brief moments in use.
> >
> >     It is possible that when the lens is collapsed, the meter may 
> not
> >     be on. I do not know about the collapsed lens turning off the 
> meter.
> >
> >     Roland Smith
> >
> >     Oakland, California
> >
> >     
>
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> >
> >     *From:* rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >     [mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of 
> *Jeffery Smith
> >     *Sent:* Sunday, September 24, 2006 12:33 PM
> >     *To:* rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >     *Subject:* [rollei_list] Rollei 35 meter battery
> >
> >     On the earlier Rollei 35 cameras having a PX625/PX13 battery, 
> it
> >     appears to me that the meter is on all of the time that light 
> is
> >     entering the port on the front of the camera. Is that the 
> case,
> >     and how long is the battery life of an alkaline/manganese 
> battery
> >     in the camera?
> >
> >     Jeffery Smith
> >     New Orleans, LA
> >     http://www.400tx.com <http://www.400tx.com/>
> >     http://400tx.blogspot.com/
> >
> 
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