Yes, for that type of application, NIMH is excellent. However, for my use, they're far too troublesome and unpredictable. I use two cameras with battery grips and sometimes go close to a week without shooting. If I were using NIMH, I'd have to recharge all sixteen batteries almost every time I shoot. With AA lithium, I know I can shoot on a moment's notice, and I can be sure that I'll get 2000 shots with every set of batteries. I think I paid only a little more than a buck a battery for my last set from Battery Central. Paul
> On 18 Oct 2005 at 6:41, William Robb wrote: > > > I used NiMH batteries until this spring, when I tired of the maintenance, > > and switched to CR-V3 (non rechargable Lithiums). > > I don't think I'll go back. I've had the same set of batteries in the camera > > since June, with a thousand or so pictures taken, and they seem to be still > > going strong. > > During my recent trip if I had been shooting using AA Lithium cells they > would > have cost me nearly as much as my intelligent Ni-MH charger. As it was I only > had to charge my 2500mAh Sanyo Ni-MH cells 3 times during the trip which > netted > over 4500 shots (plus another few hundred since). > > > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 >
