On 9 Nov 2005 at 11:18, Rob Smith wrote: > Folks who have used R-CRV3 batteries in their cameras seem pleased with > them. Advantages claimed are: > a) Faster autofocus, sometimes significantly faster. This seems plausible if > the > batteries are operating at higher voltage, the flip side is that the autofocus > mehanics will be stressed a bit more
Rose coloured glasses I bet and a combination of never having used a properly charged Ni-MH cell. If the battery voltage is regulated (I expect that it has to be for an L-ion cell) to be the same as a conventional cell there will be no reason why any motors may run faster or provide greater torque. In fact with a regulator device in series I'd expect performance would be poorer than a Ni-MH cell as the instantaneous peak current would likely be reduced. > My current view is that good quality high capacity NiMh batteries and > charger are the current best and safest options for most usage > patterns -ntil the Sanyo low discharge batteries come on the market you just > need to remember to top them up every couple of weeks before use. If you use > autofocus with big heavy lenses a lot it may be worth experimenting with > R-CRV3 > batteries, I am tempted myself although I don't have that autofocus need - we > all like new toys :-) I say put your cash away for a couple of sets of the long life Ni-MH cell, they should be great (or buy yourself a neat La Crosse BC-900 charger, that's a great toy). Cheers, 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
