This is most helpful since I only shoot for a short period of time and spend most of the time editing and then shooting a bit more. This save me a lot of money because with an expensive battery I will run into the same issue and $15-$20 a pop seems more reasonable.
Thanks Dominic On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 9:23 AM, Jean-Louis Seguin <[email protected]> wrote: > If you're not using the camera often, you can power it from a 12V lantern > battery available everywhere for around $15. > They are not rechargeable but rated at 7Ah, so you have plenty of power > for hours and hours of running. > > Jean-Louis > > On 2014-09-19, at 11:40 AM, Dominic Angerame wrote: > > Thanks all for your suggestions. I had the battery fully charged yesterday > and tried to run the camera. The camera would not pull a 100 ft roll of > film. I just heard a clicking sound sort of like a Rex5 doing single > frames. However, the camera was on 18fps. This morning I plug in the > battery once more and the camera lite indicated no charge. So it appears to > be a batery issue. I have not used this camera in more than two years. I > never realized that a NiCad battery would just go bad when not used often. > I guess its like a battery in a car going bad if not turned over in a long > time. Is that correct and forgive my ignorance. I am just not up to speed, > so to speak, with electronics. > > > Dominic > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Scott Dorsey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What does the charge meter do when you turn the camera on? >> Don't worry about what it does when the camera isn't rolling, worry about >> what it does when the motor is on. >> >> If you have left that AGM battery on the shelf for a year or two without >> keeping it charged, it will be time to replace it. >> --scott >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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