At 09:56 PM 10/11/1998 -0500, Mark you wrote:
>
>Speaking of battery conversions for the OM-1(N), I had my done by Photosphere
>about 1.5 years ago. It works great, but they put an alkaline 625 battery
in and said
>to just change it once a year. That is because of the discharge
characteristics
>of Alkalines. I asked if I could but a Silver Oxide Cell in and they said
"Yes".
>
>The thing I worry about is that the battery compartment is still sized for
the 625
>type cells (big). I wonder if putting a SR44 in there would let it shift
around. I
>understand Camtech does a similar conversion and from what I've read, it
>sounds like some kind of adapter is put into the battery chamber to allow
>the SR44 sized cells to fit properly. If that is the case, is that
adapter something
>I can get and put into my battery compartment?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>
>Mark Hammons
>
Mark,
Camtech's conversion involves a "sizer" that is permanently fixed so that a
SR44 fits and doesn't shift around. It is not meant to be removed. You
could probably make something that would work with a drill and plastic disk
of some kind ...
Good luck.
Joel
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