Mark.
My first set of Lithiums went from about frame 60 to about frame 1000,with some
RTF and
50/50 af,mf.
I bought a set of duracell 2050's and they lasted about 400 frames. Mostly raw
files this
time around
anf some RTF.
Dave
> A while back I posted a few questions about
battery consumption with the
> *ist-D. At that time Godfrey and some others suggested using Lithium AA
> batteries, so I gave it a try.
>
> It's been a few weeks, and to my surprise I got to 1471 shots before the low
> battery indicator came on. I changed out the set then, even though I could
> probably squeeze some more shots out of them. (The lithium's are now in a
> flash unit, and seem to be working adequately, though not on par with fresh
> batteries.)
>
> That's almost entirely manual focus shooting with virtually no use of the
> RTF - but I've come round to the opinion that the Lithium's are the way to
> go. Thanks to all who offered up their advice!
>
> - MCC
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