We find three different battery chamber lids on early Photomic finders (flag-switch and button-switch).
From left to right: type 1 usually found on early flag switch Photomics, type 2 on late flag switch and early button switch Photomics, type 3 on late button switch Photomics.
Large flat chrome lid, 19mm diameter, with a slot for a coin. Inside a brown plastic sheet with «+» marking. No possibility to store the incident light plate and the acceptance angle converter tube.
Recorded Photomic between 880758 and 899260.
Large glossy black lid, 20mm diameter, 5mm thick, with female threads on the outer side to store the attachments. Inside also a brown plastic sheet with «+» marking.
Recorded Photomic between 898206 and 943334.
Large glossy black lid, 20mm diameter, thickness enlarged to 5.7mm, with female threads on the outer side to store the attachments. Inside also a brown plastic sheet with «+» marking.
Recorded Photomic between 944595 and 986139.
We find two different battery chamber lids on Photomic T and TN finders.
From left to right: lid type 4 is found on early type 1 Photomic T finders, lid type 5 is found on Photomic T and Photomic TN finders.
Small, flat, glossy black lid, 17.9mm diameter, with a small pin-hole in the middle, an engraved concentric circle, without a slot for a coin. Inside instructions, showing how the two batteries must be inserted.
Recorded Photomic T between 770529 and 772xxx.
Small, flat, glossy black lid, 17.9mm diameter, with a small pin-hole in the middle, an engraved concentric circle, but with a slot to open it by a coin. Inside instructions, showing how the two batteries must be inserted.
Recorded Photomic T between 778114 and 856554.
Recorded Photomic TN between 410619 and 502996.
We find two different battery chamber lids in the Photomic FTN era.
From left to right: lid type 6 is found on Photomic FTN finders, lid type 6a is found on DL-1 Photomic Illuminators.
Small, flat, dull black lid, 17.6mm diameter, with a slot to open it by a coin and a small pin-hole in the middle, no concentric circle (Part 20FD9-22). Inside instructions, showing how the two batteries must be inserted (Part 20FD9-24).
Recorded Photomic FTN between 430154 and 913203.
Small, flat, dull black lid, 17.6mm diameter, with a slot to open it by a coin and a small pin-hole in the middle, no concentric circle. Inside instructions, showing how the single battery must be inserted.
Found on all the DL-1 Photomic Illuminators.
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