I had a clockwork Ricoh once. It was designed to be used under-water, but
was fine on land without the housing. The clockwork motor was contained
inside a biggish rotary knob. It was light, silent and fast, and I don't
know why clockwork winders didn't catch on.
Great street camera, but somebody else thought so too, and stole it.
John
On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 03:01:47 +0100, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Didn't Ricoh try that back in the 80's? KR-10 I think.
-Adam
Glen wrote:
At 11:54 AM 9/29/2005, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Sep 29, 2005, at 12:59 AM, Cotty wrote:
Happily, it's generally good enough. Have backups ready when they get
to half. Replace when they show empty. What more do you really
need? ;-)
Viable fuel cell technology!
Old technology. I saw a show featuring turbine engine development ...
micro turbine engines, smaller than your thumbnail, are being
designed with the notion of powering microgenerators to self-recharge
Li-Ion batteries in devices. Jet powered cameras, anyone?
Godfrey
What about a 24 megapixel solar powered *istDS, with rechargeable
Lithium-Ion battery backup? Of course, we would need a solar powered
flash system to match it. Some of us would never have to buy batteries
again!
If we're going to dream, let's dream big. ;)
take care,
Glen
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