Re: Batteryless Advantages

[Adi Soon <adisoon@pl.jaring.my>]

Hi,

I was wondering,, what made you switch from Nikon to Contax??

- --adisoon

At 04:02 PM 23/4/97 -0400, you wrote:
>The issue of batteryless cameras is an indivudual choice, but I would
>never go on a field trip without at least one batteryless camera.  As
>Oddmund points out, you can buy batteries almost anywhere in the world
>(at least AAs), but will they be in your pocket when you need then.
>
>A couple of years ago I was shooting in Arches National Park in Utah
>with a Nikon F4.  I'd hiked a great distance in the dark before sunrise
>to be at the right place at the right time to catch the first rays of
>sunlight illuminating some redrock hills along with alpenglow.  After
>shooting a bit, using the built in illuminator, motor winder and time
>exposures, as the magic moment arrived I found the batteries about to
>die.
>
>Where are the fresh batteries?  In the car.  Where's the car?  A looong
>hike from where I was.  Fortunatly the F4's batteries don't die
>instantaniously and I salvaged the shoot, but JUST.
>
>I now use a Contax RTSIII system, which is even harder on batteries that
>the F4 was, but I have a fully mechanical S2 body as a backup.  Also the
>M6 is of course in the same catagory.
>
>Cold weather is another issue.  I've had so many experiences working in
>cold Canadian climes where battery cameras have let me down, so that
>again, I always take one that is strictly mechanical along as well.
>
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>Michael H. Reichmann
>E-mail:	michael.reichmann@alphanet.net
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