Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The batteries on nether camera never got off of full apparent charge (as indicated by the LED's on the battery itself, running through about 10 rolls (36 exp) through the one R8 with the attached Metz - for fill flash - and another 5 rolls on the other R8. Neither example would I consider real strenuous, pro conditions, but, on the other hand, I won't worry in the future about firing off 20-30 rolls in a day's shoot without needing to recharge (but I haven't done that yet). Jim Doug Herr wrote: > On Tue, 11 April 2000, "James R. Nelon" wrote: > > > > > Just returned from a week shooting hill tribes in NW Thailand with my > > two new R8 motor drives. The drives were a dream. > > <SNIP> > > >... worked flawlessly even in the humid 95 degree 90+ % humidity (this is the > > hottest time of the year in the area we were shooting.) > > > > Jim Nelon > > the next thing you will hear is the sound of my bank account being sucked dry. <g> > > Jim, how did the batteries hold up? > > Doug Herr > Sacramento > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt > ___________________________________________________ > The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe > Better! Faster! More Powerful! > 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! > http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/