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Re: Yashica 124G price?

  • From: erker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Greg Erker)
  • Subject: Re: Yashica 124G price?
  • Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 11:49:48 -0600
>No don't bother just checking. Rumor has it that the
>guts of that C.R.I.S. adapter is just a germanium diode
>in series with the SR-76? battery to provide the necessary
>0.2 v. drop under load. Does that sound right? If so I'd
>like to try to wire one in series with the battery wires
>in my Oly 35RC and Canonet.

  Probably would work. Schottky diodes have
low voltage drop too, but it's more like
0.3 volts.

  If you are handy enough to put the diode
inside the camera then you can use any silver
oxide cell that'll fit.

Greg