Leon, carrying a spare battery is one thing. Being in the middle of shooting something ephemeral and having to stop and (1) dig out the battery, (2) change it to take another picture when the one in the camera dies is another. Not to mention being able to use the camera under extreme weather conditions.
It really seems that they should be able to design and produce a "modern" camera that you can, at the very least, remove the film from if the battery dies. But of coruse, if it worked without a battery, some battery mfgs wouldn't make quite so much money, eh? annsan Leon Altoff wrote: > On Fri, 31 May 2002 20:02:31 +1000, Bob Rapp wrote: > > >> Do any of the newer autofocus cameras, like the MZ-5n, ZX-7, M-S offer > >> mechanical shutter speeds along the lines of the LX ox ME-S, or are they > >> completely unusable when the batteries die? > >> -- > > If it doesn't have a manual film advance, it is totally useless! I have NO > >totally useless cameras.<grin> > > If it doesn't have film then it's useless. If I can remember to pack a > roll of film I can remember to pack a spare battery. It all comes down > to taking what you need. The original cameras were no good if you > didn't take along your darkroom tent so you could develop the glass > plate right away. Even a solar charged digital camera is no good > without a computer or printer to download the pictures to every once in > a while. > > Leon > > http://www.bluering.org.au > http://www.bluering.org.au/leon > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
