AGFA MOVEXOOM 10 super8 for spares?

Post by **fritzcarraldo** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:43 pm

Hello

I need a help, i have a AGFA MOVEXOOM 10 itÃ‚Â´s a nice camera, it is working but the battery container is missing, i bought it in EBAY but it came without it

Does anyone here hae a AGFA like this one that could sell me or sed to me so i can start making some timelapses with it?

I could connect some batteries and do some wiring but it would'nt look and feel very nice

regards

Post by **downix** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:56 pm

Agfa didn't make a custom battery holder for it I don't believe, just adapted an existing one. If you can take a picture of the compartment I might be able to identify a proper replacement.

Post by **Blue Audio Visual** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:40 pm

As far as I remember it IS an unusual battery holder. 6 AAs sit on top of each other slanting at an angle. I've got comprehensive catalogues from all the major elecronic spares people here in the UK, and I'm sure I've never seen anything like it in any of them.

Or I could be misremembering and going (prematurely) senile.

Bart

Post by **Blue Audio Visual** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:45 pm

Just searched the archives and found this picture....

You could probably rig it with 9v DC across the terminals in the handle if you fiddle around with it.

Post by **ultramarine** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:46 pm

The battery container of the Moovexoom is indeed unique.

Post by **downix** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:32 pm

for 6 AA's you could soldier on a 9V terminal and use just a regular 9V battery. Did that with a yashica I had once.

Post by **Blue Audio Visual** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:56 pm

Fine if the AAs fit in a 2x2 configuration etc., but no good in the case of the Agfa where they lie together in a row. The 9v PP3 is considerably wider than an AA, e.g. it won't fit down the slot!

Post by **fritzcarraldo** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:16 pm

I guess it will be hard to get a spare battery holder then, they're quite hard to find or to build, i guess i'll have to find a way...

thanks

Post by aj » Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:27 pm

I doubt these 9V block batteries hold enough power (mAh) to let it run long enough.

You are better of finding a part spender like a Movexoom 6.
Or have a 6 cell batterypack off camera and connect it using a coiled wire and filler block with two contact points. Makes the camera lighter but you have a pack to carry.

Post by **Taqi** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:11 am

aj wrote: You are better of finding a part spender like a Movexoom 6.

That's probably the best way to do it - even the good condition working ones are pretty cheap, and then you will have a spare camera (so long as you dont want to use them both at once..)