Wein Cell in #52051 Meter Prism Finder

[dan_unkefer]

Hi All,

 

I have recently picked up a couple of the Hasselblad #52051 Meter Prism

Finders, to use on my 500CM's and ELM's. Both came with modern 1.5V silver

batteries, which power the meters fairly well, but not always in agreement with

my reference light meter, a Zone VI Pentax Digital. So I want to replace those

silver batteries with Wein cells, for now. But, when I drop the Wein cells into

both meters, I get -nothing-.

 

So, what is the trick? A ball of aluminum foil to make good battery contact?

Can David Odess, or anybody else, adjust these wonderful old meters to work

properly with modern batteries?

 

Thanks for any suggestions!

 

-Dan

[robert_moser1]

Try here: http://olympus.dementia.org/Hardware/PDFs/batt-adapt-US.pdf