Create a new battery door?

[truls]

I found a camera in the electronic waste today, a Minolta Himatic GF. Not much info on the net about this. The camera seems to operate without batteries, the shutter clicks and there are settings for aperture (simple cloud symbol) and distance. However the battery door is missing, assume batteries are for flash photography. Could one replace the battery door with small coins and some scotch tape or some other electric material?

[lloydy]

Does the camera take two AA batteries ? If it does, and looking at the picture, you might find a cheap point and shoot compact camera with a very similar cover that could be modified - or might even fit ?
Our charity shops have so many old film compacts, especially the cheaper focus free ones, that they can't sell they just bin them. I've got a pile in a box that I can't give away.
Take a better picture of the battery door hole, and some basic measurements and I'll look in my box of crap.

[truls]

Lloydy, the camera takes two AA (R6) battery. It will most likely not be possible to replace the battery door, as the original door seems to make for a closed circuit. It will have to be a batteryless camera. Will post some BW test shots later.

[truls]

Minolta Himatic GF test photos:

Not awful image quality, c41 film for the album could work out better. Most likely this is my last fiddle with low end compacts. But, who knows.. The shutter is 1/100 according to some web site. Fomapan 200 film, Fomadon R09 in 10 min. Fomadon LQN seems to give less grainy images.

f.16 (the sunny symbol)


f.16 (the sunny symbol)


f4 (cloudy symbol)

At f.4 lack of sharpness become more prominent