Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>How about battery life? I've heard that many pros use the F100, because >the F5 >eats batteries like popcorn. Anyone? > >feli Feli First copies of F5 shut down energy very soon and had to be serviced as a set of batteries last only five or six films. After serviced no more problem and the point of shut down was much small. Anyway this happens to common AA batteries. Using MN30 NimH battery and his corresponding charger allowed firing a true lot of films. Just *touch* an F5 and you'll see the difference. The F100 is a very good camera than can confidently used by a pro but IMHO is, by no means, a better camera. The Nikon F are not pieces of craftsmanship as Leica are but are built for last. My Nikon F from 1969 works flawlessly and has never been serviced. It's true I'm not a pro and I take enormous care of my cameras. Nikkor optics are among the best but they are not gone so far in the search of perfection as Leica or Carl Zeiss but stopped when they find out a good performances/price balance. Anyway I switched to Canon when I saw that Nikon had not the capability of getting a full frame digital SLR and so I started buying Canon lenses that are not worse then Nikkor and get similar level of quality/price. But when I wish an outstanding picture I'll always use any of my Summicrons. Not always I want a *perfect* image but an image that *could* be taken in this moment and therefore I need a zoom or an extreme wide or...something that Leica cannot produce as they are not satisfied with the quality of the lens they could produce or the price out of the market possibilities, lets say, a perfect 16-35 zoom. Regards Felix