Canon FTb QL chrome 35mm SLR body MW Classic Cameras
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Canon Ftb Light Meter Mercury. Canon FTb Battery Replacement 35mm SLR 1.3V Mercury Battery Replacement This is where the battery is held, this use to hold a mercury battery (1.3v) which is unsafe and most likely banned in your country The Canon FT QL and FTb models have their battery compartments on the side so if they stick out a little it doesn't cause a problem
Classic Camera Review Canon FTb QL The Noisy Shutter from thenoisyshutter.com
Hi, I have a Canon FTb and I put an LR44 battery in it which is 1.5 volts The Canon FT QL and FTb models have their battery compartments on the side so if they stick out a little it doesn't cause a problem
Classic Camera Review Canon FTb QL The Noisy Shutter
The meter switch is the switch marked "ON - OFF - C" around the rewind crank
Much has been written about workarounds to deal with the demise of the old mercury batteries for light meters of the Canon FT-QL, FTb, etc. Recently, I came across a battery replacement that was designed to work in Bulova Accutron watches that can't use zinc oxide batteries but need the voltage characteristics of the original mercury. The battery is only for the built-in light meter, and the camera works fine without it.
James's Light Meter Collection Canon Booster meter. Accuracy seems to be unaffected by using an alkaline cell (1.5V or more) in place of the proper mercury or zinc-air cells (1.35V) Hi, I have a Canon FTb and I put an LR44 battery in it which is 1.5 volts
Canon FTb review. The replacement battery is a 1.5v alkaline battery 625a. If you put a new battery in there, it won't show a proper reading unless you also use an adapter to pull the voltage back down to 1.3V.