Just got me an Electro 35GT

[sweathog]

In the grips of a GAS attack, I bought a 35GT two days ago. I paid £20 for it, is this a reasonable price (it came in an ERC and with a Yashica tripod)?
It arrived this morning, and I was surprised at how good nick it was in. A little bit of rubbing, some dust, but otherwise minty.
First reaction: she's a big girl. I have two other f1.7 fixed lens RFs, the QL17 and an Oly 35LC, and it is easily bigger than the Canon, and a bit bigger than the Olympus.
I guess what I'm getting round to asking, rather longwindedly, is what's the best battery option? I've heard about using 4 LR44s and some foil, but will that give the correct voltage? Or will I be better off buying an adapter, or an equivalent?
Cheers, Tom

 

[wallace]

no adapter needed, works fine with 6 Volt batteries.

 

[sweathog]

no adapter needed, works fine with 6 Volt batteries.

I may be asking a silly question, but which one?

 

[Dfin]

Get the adapter from the yashicaguy.com, it works a treat. The cost about $23aud, delivered, cheaper now the usd has crashed. There are work arounds, fix and make do`s, but why bother. Try some Fuji Acros 100 or Neopan 400 for B&W, Fuji Superia 400 colour print or Sensia 100 for slides. You WILL be amazed by the results, best bang for your buck rangefinder, hands down!!!

 

[sweathog]

Hi Dfin, thanks for the heads up on the adapter.
What battery does the adapter use?

 

[xayraa33]

A PX 28 battery, also known as A544 from Energizer.

you also need some thin cardboard, a bit of tape and a bit of aluminuim foil, so there is no need for an adapter.

 

[ampguy]

I agree, have had 4 of these, and just got one with a Yashicaguy adapter, it's a convenient adapter, but it's just a plastic tube for the available 6V batteries, and maybe a resistor in the extender part of the adapter. But with the GSN (someone correct me if I'm wrong), the meter is regulated, so 6V straight is fine.

My other GSNs, and I have a black model too, GT?, use cardboard or any insulater to make the battery not slop around in the cavity, and any conductor to extend the battery so the pos reaches the sealing plug. Cardboard works fine, but so would plastic (like Yashica Guys device), tape, or any non-conductor. My home-made adapters all assembled in about 3 minutes and work perfect.

 

[solar_sea]

This might be a interesting article to read.

Could anyone also please measure the resistor's resistance in the yashica's guy adapter 🙂

 

[sweathog]

Hmmm... curioser and curioser... Maybe an adpter is not the way to go.

 

[24684784]

The camera has on-board circuitry to regulate the voltage, so there's no need for a regulator in the adapter.
The reason for the adapter is to do with the size of the 6v silver oxide battery; it's much smaller than the original mercury cell and discontinued alkaline cell.
You just need to ensure that the battery is stable within the camera (doesn't move about) and can make a contact with the battery cell cover, to complete the circuit.
A bit of ingenuity with 15mm dia. plastic tubing, with a suitable bolt screwed into the end will do the job(the bolt in the end is the contact and keeps the battery in place).
Adapter length is ~44 mm.
Alternatively, buy the adapter from yashicaguy.

Regards,

David