Re: Help with 6x7 battery

2001-12-19 Thread Pat White
Paul, for portrait work, you might find the 165/2.8 to be ideal. It comes in early and late versions, and with or without a leaf shutter. The early version has the long grooves or flutes on the focussing ring, while the late version has the rubber checker pattern. Pat White - This message is fr

Re: Help with 6x7 battery

2001-12-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Rob, It works. I had a roll of outdated tungsten film in the fridge, so I loaded that in. Everything works fine. Shutter sounds good. MLU works. I'm pleased. Now if someone would just enable a lens :-). Seriously, there was a 90/2.8 is it? last night, and I bid $250 before bed, but t

Re: Help with 6x7 battery

2001-12-18 Thread Rob Studdert
On 18 Dec 2001 at 19:58, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Unless there is a switch or something else of which I am not aware, the > battery in my recently purchased 6x7 is dead. (I can't imagine you have > to have film in the camera or a lens mounted to make the shutter work??) > In any case, the battery

Help with 6x7 battery

2001-12-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
Unless there is a switch or something else of which I am not aware, the battery in my recently purchased 6x7 is dead. (I can't imagine you have to have film in the camera or a lens mounted to make the shutter work??) In any case, the battery check button does nothing and the shutter doesn't activa