On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 08:22:10 -0600, "Schlake (William Colburn)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote/replied to:
>I trust Canon to work well with its own products, and the Digital Rebel >has shown me that they really don't have anything but their own selfish >intrests in mind. I would not be suprised if Canon queried its battery >to find out what kind it is, and I wouldn't be suprised if they tried to >cause problems for competing batteries inside their camera. I currently >don't they do, or else it would already be known about, but I think it >is the trend in business and the day will come when it will happen. >I'll stick with official batteries myself. > >This got a lot more Corporate/Political than I really intended, but I >think it is still on topic. Excellent rant my friend! I couldn't have said it better myself :-) My battery experience would back up your theory, but everyone else's doesn't. No, wait. Maybe they don't realize the difference between a good battery and a poor battery anymore, since they've got quad cheapos, etc. My camera didn't like the generic battery I put in it. No sir. I decided to make the charge indicator go down quickly for that battery. Seems plenty of charge left though the indicator shows almost dead. My answer to most of what you mention is to not buy these products. However, I do NEED a camera :-) Imagine the Canon top brass sitting around the board room arguing about which features should be disabled... -- Jim Davis, Nature Photography http://jimdavis.oberro.com/ Standard Poodles for fun BMW motorcycle for pleasure * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
