>i subscribed to this mailing list today after reading quite a few posts
>on pdml.net. i am just a beginner in photography and hope to gain from
>the discussions on this forum.
>
>i bought a used PZ-1 and now realize that the 2CR5 battery lasted only
>about 7-8 rolls. isnt that too less? i didn't use the flash on more
>than 15-20% of the shots. am i doing something wrong? or was the
>battery little drained when i bought it?
Using the built-in flash is the number one reason why the battery was
drained fast. Switch off power zoom and do not use AF whenever possible also
maximise the battery life significantly.
>my other question is, has anyone actually built some kind of adapter
>that uses AA batteries? i was thinking of making a very small hole in
>the battery cover to pass the wires and then hanging 4 batteries at
>the bottom somehow. does anyone have any concrete ideas on how to
>hold the batteries at the bottom and make sure that the contacts are
>made inside the battery compartment? would soldering wires to an old
>battery contacts do the trick?
You can find two similar adaptors at www.fargo-ent.com. Personally, I would
not do this. But then I paid about USD3.9 for each 2CR5 only.
regards,
Alan Chan
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