ashley_spiller

Thank you,

Craig- I did as you suggested and it is not firing. From what I have looked up about getting it repaired they are saying it

would cost me a couple hundred dollars!! I wont junk it because I personally love the look of it..so even if it just sits above

my desk on the shelf im still happy!!

I know nothing (and I do.mean nothing) about these things and that is why I have always hesitated in taking that first step.

I am going to tinker with it and if I (or my husband) cant get it working than..oh well and I will start looking into a Nikkon or

Pentax body. Thanks again!

Hi this is my first time posting so if I am.in the wrong place, please just let me know....I will start by saying that I am not a

photographer and I know very little about cameras but have always wanted to learn. I have always had a fascination with film

cameras. I have a diana that my husband got me last christmas. All that being said my gandmother got me a Beseler Topcon Auto

100 at a thrift shop and I have no idea if it works. What I have been able to come across so far is that it takes an old Mercury

button cell battery and that it can be replaced using an akaline or zinc air battery. I have found the manual online and have been

reading through it but if anyone here knows anything about this camera it would be a great help. Also does it need the battery in it

for the shutter to open and close? When I look through the veiwfinder it is black..Does this mean that the shutter is stuck closed?

Again any help is appreciated,

Thanks in Advance,

Ashley Marie