BTW, I also have a 400 watt inverter that I can use with the chargers as well as the laptop and printer while I'm "in the field".
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 1:23 PM Subject: Re: Batteries, was Re: istD Histogram display > > > > 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. > >
