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From: "Gerry Kaslowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 11:38 PM
Subject: EOS AA Lithium Batteries for Elan7E
> I just picked up a 7E and gave my son my Elan IIE. The 550 EX says you
> can use FR6 AA Lithium batteries, bit the BP-300 for the 7E says not
> to. Question, what are FR6 lithium batteries. I have some Energizer AA
> Lithium Photo batteries, gold with a red top. Are these FR6 or not.
The Energizer's are desginated L91, but I believe they are the same as
FR6's.
>
> Two CR123A batteries cost me about $10.50 at WalMart. When I can find
> them, the AA Lithiums run about $10.00 for 4. It seems that 4 AA lithiums
> would last longer than 2 CR123A batteries.
Lots of good info on L91's here with comparisons of the 2 and 4 L91's with
other photo lithium batteries:
http://data.energizer.com/batteryinfo/application_manuals/l91.htm. Your
assumption about them lasting long may be correct. I certainly get much
better performance compared to the 2CR5 but I am using 8 AA lithium's
(L91's) in my EOS 3 and not 4.
BTW, I had posted a few months back that I had gotten about 75-80 rolls on
my EOS 3 and 8 AA lithium's. That number grew to maybe 100. However, I did
suspect that the cell would just drop dead with no indication. On Christmas
Eve I did an event shoot and before I got started I check my battery
condition. All was fine. After the first roll and a few shots into the
next roll, the battery indicator said the cells were completely dead. I
also noticed prior to this that Autofocus was beginning to be slow and not
accurate at times. I suspected low light, until ECF quit working or was
working erratically.
Darrell
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