geeleekneeforfree Posted December 31, 2008 Share #1 Posted December 31, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi everyone - I have a Leicaflex (Leitz Wetzlar), but I don't have the battery required (Mallory PX 625). I don't know much about film photography, so I was wondering if the battery was completely necessary. Will the camera still take photos, without the battery? I can live without flash and that type of stuff.. And if the camera is completely useless without a battery, does anyone know where I can buy a Mallory PX 625? Preferably somewhere that can be shipped to the U.S. thanks (: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ejd Posted December 31, 2008 Share #2 Posted December 31, 2008 The camera will work perfectly well with no battery, which is needed only for the exposure meter, and you can always use a separate meter. The flash sync is independent of the battery. You can get mercury-free replacements for the original battery. For example you can use the zinc-air wein cells: WeinCell Batteries And there are various other ways of using available batteries. Good luck with it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeleekneeforfree Posted January 1, 2009 Author Share #3 Posted January 1, 2009 thank you so much ! (: I think im just gunna use it without the battery for awhile, and if the pictures come out really terrible then ill order some of those mercury-free batteries . As long as there compatible with my camera - which I guess they are. thanks again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hughes Posted January 4, 2009 Share #4 Posted January 4, 2009 I expect this has been flogged to death elsewhere on these forums but look at Nikon F meter batteries He sells a battery and handmade brass spacer so that you can use the cheapo hearing aid batteries. As he says - and I can confine - they are very near the specication of the original batteries. I use them in my Leica CL, elderly Canons and Prakticas and have no problems with them. BTW, I have often wondered if the spacer used on the Wein cells could be re-used (if split and adjusted slightly) with the hearing aid batteries; has any one tried it? Regards, David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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