Think of the planet, guys - disposables are evil... Thanks Ecke 2010/11/24 Walter Gilbert <[email protected]>: > I keep a couple sets of NiMH -- Sanyo Eneloops and Energizers for my K-x, > and they both seem to hold up pretty well. But, if it's going to be a > situation where I know I'm going to need to take a LOT of photos, but not > sure how many, I get the Energizer Ultimate Lithiums if I feel like I can > spare the few bucks at the moment. They really do last a long time -- > longer than I ever would've believed, actually. > > I don't know if anyone makes a rechargeable AA lithium with that kind of > life. I've never seen them in Walmart. But, if they do, I'll save up the > money to get a set if I have to. I have seen some Westinghouse rechargeable > lithium AA's, but the voltage output rating listed on the package makes me > afraid they'll damage my camera. > > -- Walt > > On 11/24/2010 11:57 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: >> >> You should invest in a good set of rechargeable NiHMs or buy disposable >> Lithiums, . >> >> When I was using the *ist-D and Ds exclusively I would wear out a package >> of 12 of the rechargeable, recharging them about once a week, in about a >> year and a half. They probably would have lasted longer if I had a better >> charger, but at $24.00 for a package of 12 it didn't seem to to be an >> onerous cost. Now that I have a K20D the *ist-Ds is just a backup and/or >> carry to sketchy places camera. I bought a package of 12 disposable >> energizer Lithium batteries. They get between 600 to 800 shots in constant >> use and the package has lasted about a year and 1/2 so far with occasional >> use, though I'm on the last set of four. >> >> >> On 11/24/2010 10:32 AM, Eric Weir wrote: >>> >>> On Nov 24, 2010, at 6:11 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: >>> >>>> Eric, once you invested your money, digital is free. You can shoot as >>>> much as you please and learn simply by trial and error. Given instant >>>> feedback your learning curve may be relatively short. >>> >>> Thanks, Boris. You forgot about batteries. [On my camera at least >>> alkalines last a ridiculously short time.] That said, trial and error on >>> digital instructs more rapidly, and may just instruct more. I'm glad I made >>> the switch. >>> >>>> I don't think it would make sense to shy away from LR3 or any other RAW >>>> processing software at this point. You can simply sit down in front of the >>>> computer and learn it by trial and error. >>> >>> I'm not shying away from LR3, and I've being doing it largely the way you >>> say -- just trying things. And though I have a long way to go, it's working. >>> >>> I was shying away from raw -- till last night. I'm over that now. >>> >>>> The web is full of LR guides and other material that is very easy to >>>> google out. But the more you actually try things, the more fun you have, >>>> the >>>> more you learn in the process and the more satisfaction you get from your >>>> hobby. >>> >>> That seems to be the way it's headed. For the moment I'm relying on the >>> videos at Adobe and the LR3 help pages for guidance. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Eric Weir >>> Decatur, GA USA >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > 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. >
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