I am more worried about Camera Life. I have shot 5000 shots in the 47 days, I have owned the *ist D. So, I'm keeping up my "100 shots a day" rate in average. I sometimes wonder how long the camera will keep up :-)
Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 9. oktober 2004 22:06 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: *-ist D and NiMH battery life Wow. That might get me to break my lithium habit. Very good. Thanks to you and Mark. paul On Oct 9, 2004, at 3:55 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: > Over a 10 day shooting period in Alaska last month, I shot over 1400 > images > with the *ist D and only changed the 4 NiMH 2000ma Ray o Vac (15 minute > charge time) batteries once @ around 1000 images. I never used the > flash but > I did used the LCD at the end of the day to edit the obvious out. Some > auto > focus but mostly manual focus. Temperatures ranged from a low in the > 20's > (F) to no higher than low 60's (F). > I am very happy with that battery performance - Thank you Mark Cassino! > > Kenneth Waller > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Neil Shipp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: *-ist D and NiMH battery life > > >> I picked up a *ist D last weekend, and am unsure of the battery life >> for >> NiMH batteries. The store I bought it from sold me a 4 pack of >> Quantaray 2300mAh NiMH batteries and according to the user manual for >> the camera I'm supposed to get a few hundred shots out of them. I >> don't >> have the extra battery pack option, and I'm lucky if I get 30 shots. >> The Panasonic lithium CR-V3 batteries that came with it are still ok. >> So, I'm wondering if I either have defective batteries, a defective >> charger (I have a sony NiMH/NiCd charger that does up to 4 AA or 2 AAA >> batteries at a time, and during a charge the batteries get quite warm >> but not hot), if I'm reading the manual incorrectly or if the user >> manual is just wrong. >> >> When the batteries start to die, the battery indicator still shows a >> full charge, but the camera sounds like it raises and lowers the >> mirror >> a couple times like it was taking two shots at the same time, and then >> locks solid. None of the buttons work, and it won't turn off. I have >> to take the batteries out to reset the camera. >> >> Neil. >> >
