Posted by Larry Ober on May 03, 2001 at 21:39:37:
In Reply to: Re: Battery for top rangefinder/crown model posted by Sonny Laton on April 26, 2001 at 14:31:13:: Les,
: I tried that but did not know which way to place the batteries.
Negative to left I believe. Still have no light. Now tell me what
bulb I need and how do you access the bulb?
My Crown came with an ancient GE 223 lamp that burned out soon after acquiring the camera. After trying various replacements I decided that the 223 lamp was best. The glass bulb is somewhat flattened with a lens at the front. This lamp, when properly adjusted in it's socket, projects clear images of the coiled filament which are very easy to align sharply.
The $64k question was where to find this ancient beastie. I was able to special order them from topbulb.com. I think the shipping was more than the cost of a few bulbs.