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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: Justinr on June 14, 2008, 06:00:52 pm

Title: 12 volt charger for ZD
Post by: Justinr on June 14, 2008, 06:00:52 pm
Are 12 volt chargers available for the ZD back battery? I can't find them on the Mamiya (UK) website.

Justin.
Title: 12 volt charger for ZD
Post by: MichaelEzra on June 14, 2008, 06:09:32 pm
it is 7.2V 1.2A charger (for ZD camera). They may be using the same battery
Title: 12 volt charger for ZD
Post by: Justinr on June 14, 2008, 06:11:59 pm
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it is 7.2V 1.2A
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Ah no, wrong end of the stick, or cable. I want to charge from a 12V source, car battery in this case.

Justin.

ps. Some ZD images  [a href=\"http://justinseye.com/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=4]Sunny day in Ireland.[/url]
Title: 12 volt charger for ZD
Post by: Jack Flesher on June 15, 2008, 09:27:05 pm
Is this for the ZD camera or ZD back?  FWIW, the Minolta np-400 battery is identical to the Mamiya PB-401 battery for the ZD back (don't know what the ZD camera uses), and this charger will work: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/3875...r_100_240v.html (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/387550-REG/CTA_Digital_MRNP400_MR_NP400_Mini_Charger_100_240v.html)
Title: 12 volt charger for ZD
Post by: Justinr on June 16, 2008, 12:33:27 pm
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Is this for the ZD camera or ZD back?  FWIW, the Minolta np-400 battery is identical to the Mamiya PB-401 battery for the ZD back (don't know what the ZD camera uses), and this charger will work: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/3875...r_100_240v.html (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/387550-REG/CTA_Digital_MRNP400_MR_NP400_Mini_Charger_100_240v.html)
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Many thanks for the link Jack, looks like the very item required.  I'm puzzled by the price difference between the NP400 at $30 and PB401 at  $169 though. Are they the same animal or does the whiff of a rip off scent the air?

As far as I am aware the ZD camera and back use the same battery.

Justin.
Title: 12 volt charger for ZD
Post by: abiggs on June 16, 2008, 01:24:57 pm
Justin, I am using the $19.95 batteries in the charger that Jack linked to above. Unfortunately, I am not sure which is the non-working part, but I suspect it is the charger. The charger light comes on, but there is no visible difference when I put any battery inside, whether the Mamiya battery or the Impact DL150 batteries that I bought. I will buy a CTA battery and see what the deal is.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/4605...on_Battery.html (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/460510-REG/Impact_DL150_DL150_Rechargeable_Lithium_ion_Battery.html)