leicina super batt pack

[andy oliver]

just purchased a leicina super,minus the battery pack.At the rear of the camera are 4 studs which the batt sits on,does anyone know which stud takes which voltage.what is the voltage of the camera......thanks

[jessh]

do all 4 studs look like they are made for taking power? any idea how many batteries the camera uses? Does it have a seperate place for a light meter battery? I made a custom battery pack for a Sankyo I have, it had 4 connections as well and takes 4 AA batteries, one battery is used for the light meter while the other 3 are used for the motor (1.5v for meter, 4.5v for motor), to find out which connection did what I just took my chances at guessing, I used 1 AA battery and tried hooking it upto different connections until the light meter worked, and then did the same with the 4.5v and the remaining 2 connections. Of course this might not necessarily be the smartest idea depending on the design of the camera. I hope this was of some help, I really dont know anything about your particular camera.

~Jess

[nathan]

the leica batt pack uses 5 AA batteries housed in the 'head rest'. the connections inside the pack are complex(5 batteries into 4 spring connections, that mate with the exposed pins).

good luck, if you plan to make one.