----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis"
Subject: Re: *ist Ds obiter dictum
Simon King mused:
* Had some major learning to do regarding battery capacity. After using
it for twenty minutes (and not even taking a single frame) I was rudely
told that the battery was depleted and it shut down. This was with a
freshly charged set of 2100mAh NiMh batteries.
That seems excessive.
You should get an order of magnitude more time than that; several hundred
minutes on playback only (maybe a little less with other activities).
* I feel a lot more secure now that I've taken out special insurance on
the camera - about AU$50 per annum.
Always a good idea with expensive, easily-portable items.
* I've already broken my own rules and deleted a heap of files.
Bad idea. Get a CD burner *now*.
I've found that not all NiMH batteries are created equal. The batteries I bought with my istD (Kodak 2100 mAh) also suffer from an unusually short life expectancy.
I believe you also have to do a few charge/discharge cycles before the batteries are properly formed, so Simon's batteries may still have some hope.
I don't see how deleting files that are essentially garbage anyway is a bad idea.
I don't keep crap negatives either.
William Robb
