> > The use of AA's was one of the selling points for me. I already had about 5 > sets of batteries and 2 chargers. However, I recently picked up one of the > new Ray-O-Vac 15 minute chargers and 6 batteries for it.
I saw those advertised, but my local store only had the 1-hour chargers. Still, I reckoned that was probably good enough; I can recharge a set of batteries while I'm out using up the first set. What's the capacity of the 15-minute cells? I've got mostly 1800 mAh for my one-hours, although I've also got several 1600s lying around for the cordless phones, wireless mousen, etc. At present I still carry regular disposable batteries as well for use in the FTZ500 (and the MZ-S battery grip). If I could find the documentation I'd see if I can use NiMh rechargeables there, too - does anybody know? I already have far too many different kinds of batteries, anyway. There are the button cells for the MX & Super Program, the 2CR5 for the PZ-1p, the regular MZ-S batteries, and all the various little cells for the data backs, the *ist-D, etc. I definitely liked the fact that the *ist-D would run on AAs, especially since I went for microdrives as storage.
