On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Joe Wilensky wrote: > Chris, > > Why do you prefer the ES battery setup to the ESII? JCO made the same > point recently on the Spotmatic list.
It's simpler and better, IMO. The lithium battery it uses lasts forever. I also find it easier to carry a spare lithium than 4 separate 76's, and if one of my 76's runs low I hate the time involved in finding out which one it is. I'm the kind of person with 20 of the small button cells lying around everywhere in various states of discharge, and I hate having to keep track of them. > I've been surprised at how much I enjoy using my ESII, and the four > silver-oxide batteries don't bother me. Even if you're able to use a > lithium or other long-life battery with the ES, the additional ESII > improvements (self-timer, shutter lock, built-in viewfinder blinds, > all slow speeds visible in finder, SMC-coated eyepiece glass, etc.) > seem to outweigh this. Depends on how you're using the camera, I guess. I use an LX for pretty much all of my 35mm photography, so when I haul out the M42 stuff it's mostly just for fun. I never use the self timer, don't care about the shutter lock, and never use viewfinder blinds. The ES's viewfinder shows speeds down to 1 second, and that's enough for me. An SMC eyepiece would be nice, but not at the expense of battery convenience. To each his own. chris
