Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Love that French cine gear.!! On 3/14/13 5:33 PM, "Philippe Amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: > Mark, > the Nikon batteries have a counter of sorts, and the camera will > fail if you use 3rd party batteries, my experience. > Now I'm waiting until Leica issues a solar energy camera, very handy > for very long exposure night shots ;-) > Keep reading French ;-) > Amiti?s > Philippe > > Le 14 mars 13 ? 22:23, Mark Rabiner a ?crit : > >> Fro my Leica digital I used a Leica battery. >> Fro my Nikon D whatever I used Nikon batteries. >> I can tell you when the time ever comes for me to buy a seven thousand >> dollar camera the last thing I'm going to do is go shopping for >> cheap third >> party batteries. I'll blow a few more hundred and get a couple more >> batteries with a red dot on it. >> This thread has come on this list several times and every seeing >> time the >> only person who seemed to hold this opinion was me. >> Now I am feeling vindicated up the yin yang for the tables to have >> been >> turned. >> The only way I've not won out is the fact that using the cheap >> batteries do >> not seemed to have ruined any cameras. I'd have thought there was a >> good >> chance that might happen. >> >> I read a book on batteries in photography once it was by the Aaton >> company >> head engineer or guy own owned the company or both.. >> A French company who made motion picture cameras and batteries. >> Gave me a healthy respect for them. But since then the landscape has >> changed. Its strewn with dead cheap batteries for one. ...Seeping >> toxic >> waste into the top soil or water underneath. >> >> >> I like expensive batteries. Silver ones. Light. Lith? >> I say "give me the most expensive battery you got" then charge me >> double! >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible > to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. > > NO ARCHIVE > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/