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claire @protosphere.me · 2d

Some 2 megapixel CCD goodness from my Kodak DCS 620, an early professional digital camera based around the Nikon F5, from 1999.

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claire @protosphere.me · 3d

DCS 620 selfie

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claire @protosphere.me · 3d

Got some charge into the battery. 2500 shutter actuations on the camera!! Explains why it looks brand new

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claire @protosphere.me · 3d

Seems to be running fine on 9 V centre positive!

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claire @protosphere.me · 3d

Zooming in on the one reference photo I have, I think the output voltage (just above the CE logo) is a single digit, so probably 9 V

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claire @protosphere.me · 3d

I took it apart. There’s a voltage regulator feeding the PIC 5V so it’s likely around 9 V or 12 V, I think. I do wonder the danger of undervolting the supply, given its a battery charger

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claire @protosphere.me · 4d

This forum thread suggests the same 16 V www.nikonweb.com/forum/viewto...

www.nikonweb.com

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claire @protosphere.me · 4d

Given there’s a car adapter this makes sense! A car is going to deliver about 14 volts out of the cigarette lighter port, so I guess there’s a 12 V regulator inside and it just has to be a little above 12 V to allow for power loss in the regulator

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claire @protosphere.me · 4d

Best I’ve found as of now is www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/..., suggesting it’s 16 V/1.6 A

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claire @protosphere.me · 4d

They’re slightly smaller than AAs unfortunately. And soldered in with some electronics

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claire @protosphere.me · 4d

DPReview has a shot of the bottom of the SPAN adapter…but it’s so low res I can’t make out the text www.dpreview.com/reviews/koda...

Kodak Pro DCS620 Review

The Kodak Professional DCS 620 (referred to as the DCS620 from now onwards) is the latest generation of Kodak Professional digital cameras. Much anticipated it is a collaboration between Nikon who bri...

www.dpreview.com

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claire @protosphere.me · 4d

Research suggests it’s the same voltage as the OEM adapter, but I can’t find info about that either….

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claire @protosphere.me · 4d

Original wall adapter is a SPAN ADS 241-1 but I can’t find anything about its specs

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claire @protosphere.me · 4d

Found the wall adapter here vintagelens.nl/product/cano..., but it doesn’t show the voltage :(

Canon Kodak DCS520 - Vintagelens

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vintagelens.nl

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claire @protosphere.me · 4d

Okayyy, the car adapter is a HB-137/162/166 (see vintagelens.nl?product=cano...). According to some googling it outputs 6 V DC

Canon D2000 (Kodak DCS 520) - Rare - Hard to find - Vintagelens

Canon EOS 1n Canon D2000 Physically the same as the Kodak DCS 520 but hard to find DSLR 2 megapixel 1995 with charger and 12v adapter for car charging the charger is aftermarket but working With 3 bat...

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claire @protosphere.me · 4d

It has a 12 V car adapter so chances are I can give it 12 V and it’ll work. But given the extreme rarity of these chargers I need to be absolutely sure. It does at least have the polarity printed on the label

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claire @protosphere.me · 4d

Can only find really blurry images of the power supply, nothing hi res enough to read the info :(

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claire @protosphere.me · 4d

Got the charger! It’s a aftermarket one(?): Span DRC12D-17. No power adapter for its DC in so will need to do a bit of googling and/or reverse engineering

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claire @protosphere.me · 4d

Dropped off 8 rolls of medium format film from my holiday to be developed. Going to spend a *lot* of time scanning; it’s 2 hours per roll for my Coolscan 8000.

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claire @protosphere.me · 6d

goodies

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claire @protosphere.me · 6d

Despite a concerning-looking imperfection on the rear element, the pictures look fine!

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claire @protosphere.me · 6d

Me: “I want to test my new Biotar but I only have a Nikon F to L mount adapter with me”

(Remembers Nikon F mount flange distance is similar to that of M42)

“I can just hold the Biotar against the F mount adapter!”

The result:

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claire @protosphere.me · 6d

back fell off my rolleicord while i was loading film and doesn’t fit properly anymore 🫡

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claire @protosphere.me · 11d

visited a cool camera store

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claire @protosphere.me · 12d

It came with a Leica II from 1932 in unknown condition (lens seems to be from 1931? like my model C). Will probably run a test roll through it and if it doesn’t work it can just be a display piece for now. Maybe I’ll get it serviced at some point.

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