> It's easier to complain about the equipment. Mark !
----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Interview w/Pentax exec > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kostas Kavoussanakis" > Subject: Re: Interview w/Pentax exec > > >> On Thu, 28 Sep 2006, K.Takeshita wrote: >> >>> Now, they said their concern was on "Alkaline" which indicates that >>> NiMH >>> might do, but considering that the whole purpose of going for AA's >>> was the >>> wide availability of non-rechargeable batteries, I can understand why >>> Pentax >>> played safe on this. >> >> The existence of Lithium AAs blows away their theory. Cheap, light, >> durable, easy-care (actually non-care), with half a decade of >> shelf-life. The fact that I can swap the flash batteries with grip >> bateries and keep on shooting is what counts for me. And not a bloody >> charger in sight. > > No, it doesn't "blow away" their theory. There is a huge number of > people who buy on price alone, and then have problems that they blame on > the wrong thing. > My local camera sales guy has told me of more than a few customers who > complain that their Pentax DSLR's are battery hogs, and they aren't > buying into the theory that a lithium battery at 4 times the price is a > good investment. > It's easier to complain about the equipment. > I haven't seen lithium AA batteries on the shelf at any stores in > several years either, so for a lot of people, they don't exist. > > William Robb > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
