Ther is also an online source for the original mercury battery. If I recall
correctly they are running 5-6 dollars apeice. Supply is of course lkimited,
but for the time being I think they still have them. They also have other
old/rare camera batteries.
http://www.photobattery.com/
Nick Taylor wrote:
> The OM-1 is the preferred camera for amateur film astrophotography, and
> I've been using my OM-1n for prime focus and eyepiece projection pictures
> very happily. I recently decided that I really needed to start using
> this pretty baby for terrestrial photos as well and bought a 50mm f/1.4
> ... and then realized that the original mercury cell isn't available
> any longer in the U.S. I'd really like to be able to use the OM-1n's
> light meter, but I'm at a loss here. I've heard that the camera can be
> modified for silver oxide batteries ... how much does that cost, and
> where is the best place to have it done? This is a lovely little
> camera, and I sure don't want to have it butchered! Or are there
> possibly some other solutions ... short of using an external light
> meter?
>
> You help will be most appreciated,
> -Nick (OM-1 newbie)
>
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