Hi Fred, Gorgeous shot! I loaded new Lithiums in the D last night and it said empty right away! After leaving it on for about 15 minutes all was well again. I measured some new Lithium AAs and the voltage was nearly 1.9 volts per cell. After sitting in the camera for a bit they dropped to a more reasonable 1.75 volts. I think the very high initial voltage was causing some confusion in the D's poor brain. ;-/
BTW: I've now used 2 CR-V3s, 8 Alkaline AAs and 4 Lithium AAs for a total of 2923 shots. Mixed JPEG and RAW, OC flash about 20% of the time and instant preview about 40%. A fair amount of 'Chimping". ;-) All shots transferred to PC via USB cable. The Alkalines barely even count, I removed them after a short time due to constant low battery warnings, the bulk of these shots were with the CR-V3s and Lithiums. That's VERY impressive battery life! Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Fred Widall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 12:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: PESO - Winter Landscape > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwwidall/2622901/ > > The temperature here in Soutern Ontario has improved a lot since David > ventured out with *istD on the weekend. This morning it was a balmy > -4C so I went tobogganing with my little friend Kelly and took my > *istDs along. The sky was very overcast, with just a glimmer of > sun through the clouds - a very monochromatic landscape with the > bare trees stark against the crest of the hill. Hope you like it. > > Details > ------- > Camera: *istDs > Lens: FA 28-90mm (@48mm) > Speed: 1/250 > Aperture: F8 > Mode: Program > > I did encounter one problem which I'm guessing is related to the > sub-zero temperatures. > > I tried using 'continous shooting' mode to record Kelly's descent > down the hill but after three shots the camera hung up and the > battery indicator showed 'empty'. I switched the camera off and on, > and the battery indicator showed 'full' again. I'd loaded up with some > fully charged NIMH 1800mAh this morning so the batteries should have been > fine. The CR-V3s which came with the camera finally gave out this morning > after a total of over 1100 shots. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Fred Widall, > Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > URL: http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~fwwidall > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >
