Hope this is the correct list to ask this question....if not, please direct me
in the right direction. For years I have had a fixed focus XA1, which I love.
However, it is no good for focusing on objects closer than oh...six feet.
So yesterday, at a garage sale, I grabbed a 35RC for five bucks. Looks to be in
very good condition.
I need information on using it, and also a battery that will work reasonably
well. An outfit called Cameraquest in Thousand Oaks Calif offers to
recalibrate it for a non mercury battery and do general clean up for $100. Any
thoughts on them, or this work? Also, reportedly, it should work in a manual
mode, with no battery installed, yet it does not seem to have shutter
actuation. Any thoughts?
Thanks for any help, and I hope to enjoy this little camera.
Dave
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