All of the K-mount, and I think most of the Screw-mount, Pentaxes have voltage regulator circuits and you can use the alkaline equivalent batteries just fine.
Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: David Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 10:17 PM Subject: Re: RE: Pentax SP1000 battery > Hummmmm.The manager at Henrys Newmarket last > year ,when i went in looking for M42 lenses and > Spotty batteries,flat out told me screw > mounts/and batteries were non existent in the > GTA and no camera store would carry them as now > one wanted them.Quess were i dont shop now. > Sun Camera Repair in Concord Ontario has > replacement batteries but have run out of the > sleeves. > > Dave > > ---- Begin Original Message ---- > > From: "David Chang-Sang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 21:35:15 -0500 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Pentax SP1000 battery > > > Frantisek, > > http://www.henrys.com > > Look under "film/batteries/bulbs" > Then under "battery" (then "batteries" from the > drop down menu) > Second page.. last item. > WeinCell MRB625 (px625) Non-Mercury 1.35 Volt > battery for $9.99 CDN (about > $6.00 US) > > Cheers, > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf > Of Frantisek Vlcek > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 6:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Pentax SP1000 battery > > > Hi, > what's the proper battery for an M42 Asahi > Pentax Sp1000? I picked > one up in near mint cosmetic shape but with > some health problems > (working on them now, though), and want to > try the meter. > > Also, if the original battery is a 1.35 > mercury, will the 1.5 > alkaline work well (considering that > alkalines get from 1.65 to > 1.25V over their life, but mercury batteries > stay near 1.35 almost > all their life)? Which battery "numbers" > will work in it? It is > about the half size of SR44 it seems. > > A wonderful camera, it made my photography > simpler (as the meter > isn't working), I put a portrait 1.8/80mm > lens on it and meter > handheld, and it's great... A nice > complementation to the LX I use > normally :) > > Good light, > Frantisek Vlcek > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail > List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the > directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at > http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail > List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the > directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at > http://pug.komkon.org . > > > > ---- End Original Message ---- > > > > > Pentax User > Stouffville Ontario Canada > http://home.ca.inter.net/brooksdj > > Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
