Friday, March 11, 2005
I got the Canon Canonet today and shot off a test roll, I'll process it tonight or tomorrow. All seems to work okay. I did have a few nervous moments when the shutter stuck--maybe that's an omen--but it worked okay. I'm hoping it just needs to be used. I suppose a clean and lube is in order. These cameras were made to use the now outlawed Mercury batteries, but with the help of The Web, I was able to find out that Zinc Air batteries are the closest thing and have consistent output, although the output is one tenth of a volt higher than the Mercury battery. I also read that you can get the camera adjusted to match the voltage of the newer batteries for the meter. Now I just got to find someone to work on it. In this age of digiphoto I get worried that the old pros at this stuff will become obsolete.
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