LOL Herb, your the first person I've come across who thought the D was too large.
Weren't you saying a little while ago you were thinking of moving to Canon? <g> Dave S On 4/23/05, Herb Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i have PowerEx batteries, but i also use a 4G Microdrive. about double the > power consumption of a solid state card. i won't use a battery grip on the > camera. it's too large already, as far as i am concerned. > > Herb... > ----- Original Message ----- > Wrom: FMYXOEAIJJPHSCRTNHGSWZIDR > To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> > Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 9:10 PM > Subject: Re: L plate for *istD > > > What kind of batteries are you using? I can get five or six hours and five > > hundred or so shots with the camera on constantly and in continuous focus > > mode. That's with the battery grip and 2300 Sanyon nimh batteries. With AA > > lithiums, I can go around ten hours and at least 1000 shots. Under normal > > shooting contditions, I'll get about 800 shots on the nimh and 1800 or > > more on the lithiums > >