John E. Brandt wrote: > Greetings, > > I just joined this list and wonder if anyone knows where one can acquire a > battery/batteries for a vintage Spotmatic. I just purchased the camera on > eBay and it came without a battery. So I don't even know where to start. My > local camera store told me they are "very hard to find." Not sure what the > number is or anything. > Hi, John.
I currently have an Energizer E387S in my SP500. It's a perfect fit (it even has the little plastic ring already on it). Since most of the Spotmatics have a bridge circuit, voltage differences won't matter. This is not true for the F, Electro, ES or ESII. I get my batteries from http://www.swatchbattery.com/ since I can rarely find them locally. Take a look at http://photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/batteries.html I'll also second the recommendation to join the Yahoo Spotmatic group. As soon as you're in, you'll get a series of email messages with several documents attached. One of them will be the battery list. Alternately, their files are available at their Yahoo site. If you'd like, I can email the battery list to you directly. Just let me know. -- Scott Loveless New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
