- #MINOLTA AUTOCORD CDS III BATTERY HOW TO#
- #MINOLTA AUTOCORD CDS III BATTERY MANUAL#
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I might improvise a Gordy's Wrist Strap until I can find the OEM neck strap. Unfortunately, I don't have a camera strap for it, again in Minolta's infinite wisdom went with a proprietary lug system which is a pain in the ass. Turns out there was foam between the waist level finder and the dead meter, I replaced that and cleaned the mirror and carefully dusted out all the debris. Now I did have to clean the focusing screen, which requires patience and steady hands. I was brave and decided to use a roll of Kodak Portra 400 as my test roll, my Autocord's speeds are bang on. How does it handle? Different, the ergonomics take some getting used to if you are used to the world of Rollei. I have read that the modern-day replacement for this type of battery has a. So, I was wondering what batteries fellow Autocord users have in their cameras. I don't know if it is an original mercury type battery or a late model equivalent. It has no markings on it, only the number " 1" stamped next to the " +" on the flat end. If I find that link I'm posting it for sure as a public service. rhn12: The battery in my Autocord CDS1 has died.
#MINOLTA AUTOCORD CDS III BATTERY HOW TO#
Now I remember one photographer/tinkerer posted on his website how to make a replacement lever in brass, a much sturdier metal. There are a lot of Autocords out there with broken levers. The engineers at Minolta made the fatal mistake of using "Pot Metal" alloy which is pretty weak. The dreaded lever, if you're to stumble across an Autocord chances are that lever is seized up, don't force it. You load the film up top instead of the bottom and you don't have a focus knob on the side but a lever on the bottom. Well, I found one at Burlington Camera, everything worked except the meter which is no surprise.Īutocords are a different beast than Rollei and Mamiya TLRs. Now I was always curious about Minolta Autocords because of their reputation for amazing lenses.
#MINOLTA AUTOCORD CDS III BATTERY SERIES#
I like my Twin Lens Reflex cameras, owning a pair of Rolleicords, a Series E 3.5 Planar Rolleiflex and a Mamiya C220f is testament to that. There is no cure, only temporary remission.
becoming a lost art.Photographers suffer from a disease called Gear Acquisition Syndrome or GAS for short.Minolta Autocord CDS III Minolta MD 28-85 3.5-4. I might take the chrome one out for a spin at some point, we'll see. The EL takes the same battery as the Canon AE-1, the 4SR44 which is good. I have two of these cameras, the black one pictured below and a chrome Japanese home market Nikomat, both work great. The vast majority of cameras in the early to mid 1970s were still using 1.3v mercury cells which aren't good for the environment. The EL takes the same battery as the Canon AE-1, the 4SR44 which is good. That's pretty much the only downside if you find a camera that works, and they cost usually around $75, get it. The only downside if the electronics go bye bye, the camera becomes a doorstop because NOBODY really wants to work on them.
#MINOLTA AUTOCORD CDS III BATTERY MANUAL#
The camera had full manual and aperture priority, if you own an FE, the EL was the testbed for design and proof of concept. The EL was the top of the line of the Nikon Prosumer line up from 1973 to 1977 when it it was replaced with the EL2 and a few months later with the FE. The Nikkormat EL is an interesting camera, Nikon wanted to keep up with consumer demand for bodies with electroncially controlled shutters, Pentax was there with the Electro Spotmatic and later the ES and ESII, Minolta later on had the XE-7 they co developed with Leica, and Canon was off doing their own thing with the EF.