According to info on the Spotmatic Group, the Spotmatic F works fine with a standard 1.5 Volt cell. Certainly mine gives reliable results without any special adapters (although I've never used it with slide film).
Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:14:02 -0700, "John Poirier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > North American source for MR-9 and other adapters: > > http://www.criscam.com/products_services/mercury_battery_adapters/ > > I've had an MR-9 adapter in one of my Spotmatic F bodies for about 5 > years. > Works fine. > > John Poirier > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > > P. J. Alling > > Sent: July 30, 2008 7:28 AM > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: Newbie - Quest about batteries > > > > > > You might want to lo look for an MR-9 adapter. I think the SRT-101 is > > fairly voltage sensitive. The adapters are kind of pricey but they're a > > lot cheaper than having your camera re-calibrated for a higher voltage > > if it can be done at all. I don't know if these people will do overseas > > orders but at least you know what it looks like from this. > > > > http://www.smallbattery.company.org.uk/sbc_mr9_adapter.htm > > > > above and follow the directions. > > > -- > 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. -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/quotes.html -- 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.
