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Subject: [Leica] Autofocus & battery life question
From: lew1716 at gmail.com (Lew Schwartz)
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:55:53 -0500
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I have spares, too. My question is, since the 70-200 has 2 motors in
the lens, wouldn't it also have twice the battery drain?
-Lew Schwartz


On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm getting about the same or a little better battery life from the Sony
> A7r as I get from my M9, when I use the Zeiss AF 35mm lens.  I don't notice
> a big difference from using it with Leica lenses with no AF.  The small
> batteries (not aftermarket) are $40 from Amazon, so there's no reason no to
> have spares.
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at 
> gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I dont know about Sony, but Nikon cameras (D800E, D4) with the 70-200
>> and 200-400 which I have used tend to go on forever. On the D800, with
>> normal usage (no live view) I get around 1000 shots, and if I turn off
>> the LCD, I get over 1600 shots per charge. I have never managed to
>> deplete the D4 battery yet, even after shooting over 2200 shots once.
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 9:37 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> > I just noticed that SONY will be releasing a hefty tele-zoom for its
>> > AR series. (70-200mm I think). It boasts 2 motors; I guess this is
>> > necessary to speed up autofocus because of the increased mass of its
>> > glass. Do other mfgrs do this? It seems to me that this would cut
>> > battery life, no?
>> >
>> > Comments?
>> >
>> > -Lew Schwartz
>> >
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