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<p>Thank you, Kris. The Lynx 1000 was my first "real" camera and I've still got one. You've given me incentive to dig it out and run some film through.</p>

<p>Wein also makes a direct replacement for the PX675, MRB 675. Works fine in a C35, but short life like all zinc air cells.</p>

<p>I still have a few cameras that take the PX625, so I bought a Cris MR-9 adaptor. It accepts an S76 silver battery, fits perfectly and lasts for a couple of years in my cameras. It's a little pricey at $30 but for rotating among several cameras can't be beat. Sometimes you find yourself running a $20 camera with a $30 adapter but that's the times we live in.</p>

<p>Rollie 35's. Try to use it quickly with a flash mounted.</p>

<p>Thanks very much, JDM. I also found the one on Butkus site hard to read, at least for my old eyes. My old 35S still winds up in my pocket most days.</p>

<p>One more comment about the Fuji as a travel camera. I recenly returned form a trip ovrseas which I took three cameras on, A Pentax K5 kit, an OLympus XZ-1 and my new X100. The frame count was:Fuji 653, Olympus 109, Pentax 27</p>

<p>Just one comment on renting the X100. I also rented one just to see what it was all about and came away convinced that the initial reviewers were correct: great images, super high ISO performance , slow focus and a dog to use. Then the image quality convinced me to try one so I ordered from B&H fully intending to return it if I couldn't come to terms with its quirks. Long story short, the camera I bought is a very different camera from the rental and while not without some faults generally a pleasure to use and I love it. The firmware updates have transformed the camera into a real gem.</p>

<p>"Gerry, how was the meter accuracy over time as the battery aged? Did it stay pretty much consistent? How long did the meter last?"<br>

I used silver S76 rather than alkalines. I would move the whole set up, adapter and battery, from camera to camera. My daily carry around camera was the M5 and IIRC I got well over a year with no perceptible meter fluctuations. </p>

<p>I've used the CRIS MR-9 adapter for years in M5, CL, Yashica Lynx 14 and a Spotmatic F. LIfe fron the S76 used with the adapter is excellent and they are available everywhere. No meter problems at all, just like using the original PX625 mercury battery .he only downside is that occasionally I'll have a $30 adapter running a $20 camera, but you can move it from camera to camera.</p>

<p>I used a CL for years with all manner of Leica lenses with no problems. There was a story that the "C" suffix lenses from the CL had a differently pitched focussing helical than the lenses for the M cameras, but I never saw a problem. </p>

<p>I used a CL for years with all manner of Leica lenses with no problems. There was a story that the "C" suffix lenses from the CL had a differently pitched focussing helical than the lenses for the M cameras, but I never saw a problem. </p>

<p>I waited one day too long to pull the trigger on a DA 70. Took a look at B&H and went directly to KEH and picked up a LN- for $484. Thrilled to find it after the price rise.</p>

<p>Let's keep Goodwill our secret. I was out today with my $21 Voigtlander VF-101</p>

<p>Thanks very much. I've had a point and shoot conversion, a Nikon 5400, that produced very nice IR until it died and I liked the results very much. I'm now trying to see if I can get away with carrying a filter and viewfinder instead of a whole camera. You've given a place to start looking.<br>

Gerry</p>

<p>Thanks very much. I've had a point and shoot conversion, a Nikon 5400, that produced very nice IR until it died and I liked the results very much. I'm now trying to see if I can get away with carrying a filter and viewfinder instead of a whole camera. You've given a place to start looking.<br>

Gerry</p>

<p>If this is the wrong forum I apologize in advance but I didn't see another that would be applicable. I did a lot of ahooting with HIE in my film days and would like to get back into infra red without the expense of having a camera converted and without having to dedicate a camera. Is it possible to just put an IR filter on s digital camera? I'm familiar with the focusing, viewing and exposure problems but I have no idea how a cmos sensor would react to not having visible light.<br>

Has anyone tried this? and if so what were your results?<br>

Thanks,<br>

Gerry</p>

<p>I used an Rd-1s for several tears and was quite happy with it. I found it reasonably robust but not near Leica build standard. A weak spot is a rather fragile rangefinder alignment system but since they are based on the Cosina/Voigtlander Bessa cameras service for the mechanical parts is readily available. They come up for sale fairly frequently on rangefinderforum.com </p>

<p>I've got one roll of 64 in the freezer and I'm kind of agonizing about whether to shoot it or just save it as a historic relic. I'm leaning towards shooting it because my 50+ year old Kodachrome II and 25 look like the slides were shot yesterday and a roll shot now would make good counterpoint to them. Dwayne will accept his last roll at the end of this year so I've got some time to think about it.</p>

<p>I've got one roll of 64 in the freezer and I'm kind of agonizing about whether to shoot it or just save it as a historic relic. I'm leaning towards shooting it because my 50+ year old Kodachrome II and 25 look like the slides were shot yesterday and a roll shot now would make good counterpoint to them. Dwayne will accept his last roll at the end of this year so I've got some time to think about it.</p>

<p>Photomark and tempe camera are the best, with Photomark being my preference. Unfortunately, most of my business goes to B&H for price and availability reasons.<br>

Now repeat after me, "But it's a dry heat."</p>

<p>Photomark and tempe camera are the best, with Photomark being my preference. Unfortunately, most of my business goes to B&H for price and availability reasons.<br>

Now repeat after me, "But it's a dry heat."</p>

<p>The best Yashica tech around can be found at markhama.com. Unfortunately he's located in the USA. I've owned a YF and it's definitely worth repairing to use.<br>

Gerry Rosen </p>

<p>The best Yashica tech around can be found at markhama.com. Unfortunately he's located in the USA. I've owned a YF and it's definitely worth repairing to use.<br>

Gerry Rosen </p>

<p>I've had no problems getting to the site with Safari, but it's been so painfully slow that browsing is not fun any more.</p>

<p>I'm not sure of the absolute smallest, but the Contax T was the size of a regular size pack of cigarettes. Coupled rangefinder and excellent 38mm 2.8 folding and a separate flash like the Olympus XA. AE (aperture preferred only.</p>