replacement mercury battery options (Canon Canonet 28)

[aNgLiaM]

hello,

i am n00b to photography. my mom recently gave me her Canon Canonet 28 35mm camera. it still had a PX-13 mercury battery that was starting to corrode, so it obviously needs to be replaced. from what i've read, it looks like rather than having the camera recalibrated for a higher voltage battery or using a battery that isn't an exact match and will cause voltage issues (such as a PX-625 1.5volt), it is a better option to buy a MR-9 Battery Adapter and a silver oxide 76 cell.

my questions are: is this the best option for replacement and, if not, what do you recommend?

thanks in advance,
Justin

 

[DeepSpring]

I recently got one of those too from goodwill. The guy at ritz put in a varia 625 u battery. Sadly there is a light leak in my camera tho that needs fixin so the roll was ruined. Hope you have better luck.

 

[jwkwd]

A direct replacement would be a Wein ( mercury equiv. ) which is 1 .35 volts. They are available at most photo stores. The other option which I have heard of but not tried is, find a hearing aide battery that is the same size and voltage. On the back of hearing aide batteries, there are 4 holes, to let the air in, put a drop of super glue over 2 of the holes so they last longer and you should be good to go.

 

[aNgLiaM]

thank you for the suggestions, does anyone else have anything to add?