DERN Jens, That's a hellofa lot o shootin... CW
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 1:21 AM
Subject: RE: *-ist D and NiMH battery life
I am more worried about Camera Life.
I have shot 5000 shots in the 47 days, I have owned the *ist D. So, I'm
keeping up my "100 shots a day" rate in average. I sometimes wonder how long
the camera will keep up :-)
Jens
Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 9. oktober 2004 22:06 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: *-ist D and NiMH battery life
Wow. That might get me to break my lithium habit. Very good. Thanks to you and Mark. paul On Oct 9, 2004, at 3:55 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote:
Over a 10 day shooting period in Alaska last month, I shot over 1400 images with the *ist D and only changed the 4 NiMH 2000ma Ray o Vac (15 minute charge time) batteries once @ around 1000 images. I never used the flash but I did used the LCD at the end of the day to edit the obvious out. Some auto focus but mostly manual focus. Temperatures ranged from a low in the 20's (F) to no higher than low 60's (F). I am very happy with that battery performance - Thank you Mark Cassino!
Kenneth Waller
----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Shipp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: *-ist D and NiMH battery life
I picked up a *ist D last weekend, and am unsure of the battery life for NiMH batteries. The store I bought it from sold me a 4 pack of Quantaray 2300mAh NiMH batteries and according to the user manual for the camera I'm supposed to get a few hundred shots out of them. I don't have the extra battery pack option, and I'm lucky if I get 30 shots. The Panasonic lithium CR-V3 batteries that came with it are still ok. So, I'm wondering if I either have defective batteries, a defective charger (I have a sony NiMH/NiCd charger that does up to 4 AA or 2 AAA batteries at a time, and during a charge the batteries get quite warm but not hot), if I'm reading the manual incorrectly or if the user manual is just wrong.
When the batteries start to die, the battery indicator still shows a full charge, but the camera sounds like it raises and lowers the mirror a couple times like it was taking two shots at the same time, and then locks solid. None of the buttons work, and it won't turn off. I have to take the batteries out to reset the camera.
Neil.
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