----- Original Message ----- From: Brad Dobo Subject: Re: Digital robustness.
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "frank theriault" > Subject: Re: Digital robustness. > > > > One thing I do know about digitals is that they eat batteries. At least > the > > N**** D1 does. An acquaintance of mine somehow borrowed one from N**** to > do > > Papparazzi (sp?) shots at the recent Toronto Film Festival. He was > telling me > > that he ~always~ had to have an extra set of batteries with him, because > they > > often wouldn't last a day's shooting. Mind you, they are rechargable, but > even > > so, they're expensive - like around $400 Cdn! > > That would turn me off of DSLRs if that proves true in the future. > > My little Canon DigitoyCam uses a fairly robust litioum ion battery that was originaly designed for camcorder use. As long as I stay away from using the LCD screen (which is pretty useless anyway), the battery life is several hundred exposures. Batteries for it are about CAN$100.00. William Robb
