Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:05 PM -0500 3/28/04, Leicajay@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 3/28/04 11:11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>leicachris@worldnet.att.net writes:
>
>
>> True, but that Nikon battery will outlast the S2 AA batteries. Both are
>> great cameras.
>>
>
>Problem is, for example my son (a Nikon AF man): he pulls his camera out of
>the bag maybe once in a month-6 wks to make some spontaneous shots. For him
>with the Fuji he grabs some AA's from a huge bulk-pack from Costco he uses for
>his Walkman, Gameboy etc etc, and he's good to go. With the dedicated
>battery packs he'd need to charge them up first.
Not with Lithium Ion. And in pretty much all of the cameras that can
take AA's, using alkalines lets you take far fewer shots than NiMh.
>It's the same thing that's a major
>drawback with the R8 motor drive. Darn thing should've had an optional AA
>tray like the Nikon and Canon drive grips...and *those* drives are
>twice as fast
>so it's not like the R8 drive couldn't run on as few as 4 AA's.?
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