[pure-silver] Re: Wife brings home a garage sale camera
- From: "Koch, Gerald" <gkoch02@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 14:56:20 -0400
Criscam www.criscam.com sells a battery adapter which converts the
output of a silver oxide PX-28 battery to the voltage provided by the
mercury battery.
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[mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Blackwell
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 10:32 AM
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Subject: [pure-silver] Wife brings home a garage sale camera
Well its rare the wife is picking up camera gear, but for a grand total
of
15 bucks she bought a Yashica MG-1. It came with 2 extra lenses, what
they
call a wide angle and a telephoto.
Several issues though. First is that I can not seem to find any kind of
release to get the lens off. From the other lenses, it appears to have
a
screw mount lens, but if it just a screw mount it appears to be stuck on
pretty tight. Ideas on getting it off.
Second is the issue of a battery. The battery in the case is a
panasonic
mercury battery HM-4N of 5.6 volts. Trouble is I don't think mercury
batteries are available anymore. Any ideas on where something
comparable
might work.
The camera had no manual with it and I have not found a shutter speed
adjustment. I see two lights with slow and over on it and a lever right
next to it with something that looks like it might be a flash symbol and
auto. Is this the shutter speed adjustment and if so how do you tell
what
it is. Or do you do like those of yesteryear and just guess. Makes you
appreciate the speed of the modern SLR.
This kind of stuff is intriguing to me. I ususally end up spending way
more
than I should. Yet for 15 bucks I also got a slide projector that seems
to
work and a Sunpack 120 I haven't checked yet.
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