Autom B function on Nizo 801

[mIke]

Hi Lunar

If you have the button cells its no problem actually. Once, at their time, they were common photographic accessories.
A aggree the system isnt that convenient. Havent seen such old fashioned construction at any other manufacturer or at later Nizoldi models. To complete the teuto-cam-bashing Id like to refer to the beam splitting prism of the S-series that seems to robb an unusual high portion light off the film path. Therefore during operating tzhe usual shutter mode you are dealing with a <bright light camera>.
Best. Mike

[Lunar07]

Hi Lunar

If you have the button cells its no problem actually. Once, at their time, they were common photographic accessories.

Hi Mike -
How common are these button cells now? Are they hard to find?

I was planning to buy a Nizo 801 Macro - but this thread is giving me second thoughts.

Also, you mention something earlier - the Auto-B function is fixed at f1.8 (or something close); you certainly meant that this is fixed at this value when there are NO button cells in the camera. right? Otherwise, one can change the aperture with the Auto-B setting.
One more thing - what type of batteries does the 801 uses? The rechargeable 1.2 variety, or can we use 1.5V AA batteries?

To complete the teuto-cam-bashing Id like to refer to the beam splitting prism of the S-series that seems to robb an unusual high portion light off the film path. Therefore during operating tzhe usual shutter mode you are dealing with a <bright light camera>.

hehehehehe -

[Lucas Lightfeat]

I can buy the (normally very hard to find) 1.35 volt mercury batteries in a shop about 20 metres from my house, and a few cine shops in London. They are expensive - £5 each. I will give you a phone number if you need to buy some.

Also, Blue Audio Visual in Islington, London is a Nizo specialist, and will, I guess, always sell them.

They are available, but a pain to find and afford.

Lux

[jessh]

I can buy the (normally very hard to find) 1.35 volt mercury batteries in a shop about 20 metres from my house, and a few cine shops in London. They are expensive - £5 each. I will give you a phone number if you need to buy some.

zinc-air replacement batteries are available as replacements for most of the mercury batteries that wer eused by cameras. I personally don't like zinc-air batteries, but luckily there are also many battery adapters available to use current batteries in most of these cameras. do a searh for the battery type on google and it will most likely bring up a bunch of results.

~Jess