RE: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-26 Thread Tim Øsleby
TECTED] > Sent: 26. august 2005 18:43 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: CR-V3 rechargeables > > Tim Øsleby wrote: > > >>-Original Message- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: 26. august 2005 07:10 >

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-26 Thread keithw
Tim Øsleby wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26. august 2005 07:10 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: CR-V3 rechargeables In a message dated 8/25/2005 2:18:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 25/8/05, Boris

RE: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-26 Thread Tim Øsleby
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26. august 2005 07:10 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: CR-V3 rechargeables > > In a message dated 8/25/2005 2:18:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wri

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-25 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/25/2005 2:18:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 25/8/05, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: >My bad. That is not a proper sentence. Your bad what?? Cheers, Cotty == Ah, kids and their slang. Marnie

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-25 Thread Cotty
On 25/8/05, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: >My bad. That is not a proper sentence. Your bad what?? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

RE: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-25 Thread Bob W
one shot. It's all part of shooting round the subject. -- Cheers, Bob > -Original Message- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 25 August 2005 17:48 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: CR-V3 rechargeables > > Sheesh! 250 exposures

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-25 Thread Adam Maas
Sometimes you have to shoot quickly. In the former case, I had to shoot around 80 small groups as they came off stage and posed briefly. A minute or so per group, 4-5 frames per group. It adds up quickly. The second case was shooting breakdancers in action. Once again, shooting 3-4 frames at 2

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-25 Thread Shel Belinkoff
You're quoting me out of context John. I've done the same thing plenty of times. Shel > [Original Message] > From: John Francis > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 11:15:00AM -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > An exposure every 12 seconds or so doesn't seem like much thought went into > > composition

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-25 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 11:15:00AM -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > An exposure every 12 seconds or so doesn't seem like much thought went into > composition or framing ... Once again, a rather disparaging put-down of alternative shooting styles. For many of us who shoot motorsports, dog shows, hor

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-25 Thread Boris Liberman
> If you reread my message you'll see that I wasn't quoting you ... my > comments referenced a message by Godfrey. My bad. Boris

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-25 Thread Shel Belinkoff
If you reread my message you'll see that I wasn't quoting you ... my comments referenced a message by Godfrey. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Boris Liberman > > Sheesh! 250 exposures a day is a lot. Over the course of an 8 hour day, > > that's more than one exposure every two minutes, as

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-25 Thread Boris Liberman
Shel, > Sheesh! 250 exposures a day is a lot. Over the course of an 8 hour day, > that's more than one exposure every two minutes, assuming you don't break > for lunch, afternoon tea, or go to the bathroom. And on a busy day that > works out to be closer to one per minute, not considering break

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-25 Thread Shel Belinkoff
An exposure every 12 seconds or so doesn't seem like much thought went into composition or framing ... but then, I can see the desire to shoot a lot and shoot fast in some circumstances. Speaking only for myself, a slower approach often seems to work better. Anyway, there's a difference between a

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-25 Thread Adam Maas
I'd guess it depends on the kind of shooting as well. When I shoot that much, I've got a large number of subjects, shooting 3-4 frames per subject. -Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 250 frames in a day seems a lot for casual shooting on a vacation. If I'm shooting a car for a magazine, I'll co

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-25 Thread pnstenquist
250 frames in a day seems a lot for casual shooting on a vacation. If I'm shooting a car for a magazine, I'll complete about 200 exposures in a four hour period, and that's working very hard. However, a day of travel shooting is more like 70 shots at most. A product shoot in my studio is usually

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-25 Thread Adam Maas
It's not that much. I've done around 230 in 2 hours at the last Anime Masquerade I shot, and 72 in 15 minutes last weekend when I ran across an open breakdance jam while running errands. -Adam Shel Belinkoff wrote: Sheesh! 250 exposures a day is a lot. Over the course of an 8 hour day, t

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-25 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Sheesh! 250 exposures a day is a lot. Over the course of an 8 hour day, that's more than one exposure every two minutes, assuming you don't break for lunch, afternoon tea, or go to the bathroom. And on a busy day that works out to be closer to one per minute, not considering breaks. Shel > [

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-25 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! My reply is between your lines... > I don't normally carry the P2000 around with me all day. I like to do > all my card to tank backup and verification after the day's shooting > is done. It's a 1lb device the size of a pocket paperback book ... I > don't really want to carry the extra weight

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 24, 2005, at 9:47 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: Oh yeah: I carried 6x 1Gbyte storage cards and an Epson P2000 storage device. Well worth it. But why 6 cards if you have storage device handy? Seriously. I don't normally carry the P2000 around with me all day. I like to do all my card

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-25 Thread Thibouille
Pentax japanese website says: What types of batteries are available for *ist D? The *ist D can be powered by the two CR-V3 lithium batteries, four AA lithium battery, AA Ni-MH rechargeable and nickel batteries, or AA alkaline batteries. Note: We do not recommend using rechargeable CR-V3 batteries

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-25 Thread Mark Roberts
David Oswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'll be leaving on my trip to Hong Kong and the Philippines in about >three weeks. I've stocked up on memory cards ( Three 1GB cards, one >512mb card ), but I'm dissatisfied with how NiMH batteries seem to hold >up in my *ist-DS. What HiMH batteries ar

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-25 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Shel Belinkoff wrote on 25.08.05 10:12: > "Pentax recommends against the use of rechargeable CR-V3 (aka RCR-V3) type > batteries because some manufacturer's batteries put out too much voltage, > i.e. 3.7v versus the 3v delivered by one-use CR-V3 lithium cells." On the other side there are recharge

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-25 Thread Shel Belinkoff
>From Steve's digital camera site: "Pentax recommends against the use of rechargeable CR-V3 (aka RCR-V3) type batteries because some manufacturer's batteries put out too much voltage, i.e. 3.7v versus the 3v delivered by one-use CR-V3 lithium cells." Shel > [Original Message] > From: Leon Alt

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-25 Thread Leon Altoff
David, If the manual recommends against it don't use them. There were a number of people on the list a few years ago who had the auto focus motor in their MZ-5n's die and all of them had used the type of battery specifically mentioned in the manual that they shouldn't use. Someone said that

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-24 Thread David Oswald
Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Now I'll have to figure out which lenses and gear to lug around with me too: SMC Pentax-DA 16-45mm f/4 AL: Can't do without it. SMC Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4: Won't leave home without it. SMC Pentax-FA 28-105mm f/3.2-4.5: Shouldn't leave home without it. SMC

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Are the rechargeable CR-V3 batteries lithium? Are they as long lasting (or nearly so) as the non-rechargeable type? I noticed that they're specifically not recommended in the manual for the *ist-DS. Has anyone out there tried them, and to what level of success? I don't shoot rapid seq

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Oh yeah: I carried 6x 1Gbyte storage cards and an Epson P2000 storage device. Well worth it. But why 6 cards if you have storage device handy? Seriously. Simplify, simplify. I found the less I carried, the better my pictures were. I never carried more than two/three lenses at a time,

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-24 Thread Charles Robinson
On Aug 24, 2005, at 18:58, David Oswald wrote: Are the rechargeable CR-V3 batteries lithium? Are they as long lasting (or nearly so) as the non-rechargeable type? I noticed that they're specifically not recommended in the manual for the *ist-DS. Has anyone out there tried them, and to w

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 24, 2005, at 4:58 PM, David Oswald wrote: I'll be leaving on my trip to Hong Kong and the Philippines in about three weeks. I've stocked up on memory cards ( Three 1GB cards, one 512mb card ), but I'm dissatisfied with how NiMH batteries seem to hold up in my *ist-DS. I get a day'

CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-24 Thread David Oswald
I'll be leaving on my trip to Hong Kong and the Philippines in about three weeks. I've stocked up on memory cards ( Three 1GB cards, one 512mb card ), but I'm dissatisfied with how NiMH batteries seem to hold up in my *ist-DS. I get a day's worth of shooting out of them if I don't use the fla