On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Maciej Marchlewski wrote: > That's what I was going to add. When we got M**ta Dimage 7Hi at work > my boss was realy eager to try it out. The rechargeables that came > with the camera had to be charged so he went and bought 4 alkalines > (or at least that's what he told me). The camera didn't even turn on > fully... > > Also I'm not sure if making a nice batery for the camera is not a > better way. Minolta draind the power pretty quick - at first contact > we got about an hour of play. Maybe batteries similiar to thase used > in mobile phones would be more effective?
I suspect Pentax stuck with AA's to seem more accessible, but I personally find AA's to be the worst possible way to power a camera. I'd much rather see a rechargeable lithium-ion battery like Nikon has for their D-100. Those have no memory effect (unlike any rechargeable AA out there), and can have a huge capacity. Look at Canon's BP-511 for their G3, or Sony's FM-50 for their 717. The trade-off is that those are proprietary batteries, but I'd rather just pick up a spare or two than have to worry about bringing along 12 AA's and changing them every couple of hours. chris
