Bessa R questions

[dostacos]

first, how many and what type of battery lives in a Bessa R and is there an instruction manual on line anywhere?

 

[Kin Lau]

2 SR44/LR44's in mine. You really don't need a manual for it.

 

[dostacos]

2 SR44/LR44's in mine. You really don't need a manual for it.

well you do if your brand new "used" camera comes with one battery, and a meter that is not working :bang:

I sent my youngest to Radio shack for a pair of SR44s and shoved them both in, it sure is NICE to see some red lights in the viewfinder.

of course this just feeds my desire to take the camera out for a stroll....[well for me a stroll is more like a ROLL but you get the idea]

I have been looking everywhere I go for photo ops, especially the from the car shots

 

[Goodyear]

One battery? Gotta wonder what happened there!

I take it the meter is working now that it's got power?

 

[Terence T]

If you want to check out the manual to find out more about the camera...

http://66.49.230.119/voigtlander_pdf/voigtlander_bessa-r.pdf

 

[rover]

You can pick up batteries for it anywhere. Of course, it will operate fully without the batteries too as they simply power the meter.

Look over these pages and go out an shoot without the batteries.

http://www.fredparker.com/ultexp1.htm

http://www.robert-barrett.com/photo/exposure_calculator.html

 

[Kin Lau]

well you do if your brand new "used" camera comes with one battery, and a meter that is not working :bang:

I sent my youngest to Radio shack for a pair of SR44s and shoved them both in, it sure is NICE to see some red lights in the viewfinder.

of course this just feeds my desire to take the camera out for a stroll....[well for me a stroll is more like a ROLL but you get the idea]

I have been looking everywhere I go for photo ops, especially the from the car shots

LOL... I guess I take too much for granted 😀

Enjoy it, and whatever you do, don't try to get a J12 for it, it won't fit.

 

[dostacos]

One battery? Gotta wonder what happened there!

I take it the meter is working now that it's got power?

used camera, only had one battery, with two everything lights up. it also came with a Nikkor F2/85MM lens that is VERY smooth. I hope to shoot a roll Saturday.

8 shots each for 35/2.5 50/2 and 85/2 now, what to shoot?