>Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 14:01:25 +0000 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: re:F5 display and batteries [v04.n234/8] >Message: 8 > > Owen, > You say your F5 has only recently started retaining the frame count > when the batteries are removed and it did not do this when new. Just a > guess, is the internal battery rechargeable rather than lithium- so it > needed a bit of time to charge up? > > Just a wild guess-someone else might know better. > > My F5 has always retained frame count when off (so has my FE2!). > > > > Stewart. No Nikon cameras have an internal rechargeable battery. The memory is handled by a capacitor that is charged to provide the energy to the memory. Ed