Graywolf wrote on 04.07.05 3:22: > Been looking at some older diggies on eBay. Just noticed that if you buy an > older camera that uses proprietory batteries you get the same capacity as came > with the camera when it was new, if you can find new batteries at all. If it > uses AA batteries you can get the latest 2500ma batteries instead of the 850ma > ones that came with the camera. Looks like Pentax did the right thing again. As long as batteries are from popular equipment there is no need to worry, there will always be a choice from independent manufacturers, often with much higher capacity and at the price of four NiMH AAs. Propriety batteries are mainly Li-Ion - they can be stored for a very long time not loosing its charge unlike NiMH. And charging partially discharged Li-Ions doesn't have any impact on batteries' capacity (althought NiMHs have very minimised memory effect). And of course they are much easier to change, especially in quick action... Of course AAs have their pluses too - especially they are much more easy available than propriety batteries which you can buy only in a few specialised shops or on eBay.
-- Best regards Sylwester Pietrzyk
