[Leica] if you're going to go digital ...

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 5:01 PM -0500 3/28/04, Leicajay@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 3/28/04 4:40:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>henningw@archiphoto.com writes:
>
>
>>  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.
>>
>
>Li-Ion's lose their charge when not in use even if not in the camera.  Says
>so right in the instructions, and confirmed by my experience going back at
>least four years with the Sony Digicam I use for dental photography.

My experience is different. Li-I's I have have kept over 95% of their 
charge, possibly 98% over a year. NiMh AA's are usually down to about 
20% or less in a month. Rather a significant difference. Year old 
alkalines are down more.

>   True they're
>not as fast discharging as antiquated memory-effect-ridden NiCads (like in
>the R8 drive), maybe a bit better than NiMH but still not good-to-go at full
>power like disposible lithiums or even fresh Alkalines.   Agreed that alkaline
>AA's have far shorter life in digicams than Lithium AA's and in turn any
>rechargeable, however as I said, for occasional short-term use a set 
>of AA alkalines
>are better than a dead Li-Ion that takes hours to charge up.   And  when wifey
>goes to visit her sister and forgets the charger, the fact her digicam takes
>AA's is a good thing.
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