"K.Takeshita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I was repelled by the idea that users are forced to buy proprietary >batteries with different form factors. If they are standardized at >least to some extent, it would serve the consumers much better.
One of the things I really like about the ist-D is the use of AA batteries. You may have missed my long post last week but here's a snippet of a longer tale: Last summer I was bicycling through the Loire Valley in France. Out in the rural countryside somewhere my camera went dead because I hadn't recharges the NiMH AA batteries the night before. Even though I was out in the middle of nowhere I was easily able to find a little shop with AA lithium batteries and be on my way with a freshly powered camera and little loss of time. How important this kind of thing is to you depends greatly on what kind of shooting you do. For me, getting off the beaten track is my favorite way of going out shooting. I can see this kind of scenario happening to me again in the future, no matter how good my pre-planning might be :) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
