On 08/11/2009, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > For me, this is the problem. When I started doing this in the 70s, we always > had to keep spare batteries, and had to put up with cranky light meters. > Fourty years later and NiMH batteries are supposed to be the real deal, but > the reliability has not improved, with the added bonus of the camera being > completely bricked without working batteries. > I just found that NiMH rechargables were too high maintenance.
I have dozens of sets of Eneloop AA cells in service about my home/office even in things like standby flashlights, long gone are the days of unreliable NiMH batteries. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

