You've never used my cameras then. My pz1p gives little warning, like minutes or less. If I've waited for the battery warning to come on, then I've waited too long. I'll usually only get a few extra frames before it craps out. It was the same thing with the Pentax 645 that I used while working for the children's portrait outfit. I've learned to listen to the motor drive of my camera, when I hear it getting sluggish it's time to throw in another battery.
BTW, there is a modern camera with manual film rewind... The Nikon F5. Nick Wright ---------- >From: "William Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Shutters on New Cameras >Date: Fri, May 31, 2002, 1:22 PM > > That's a good point, Ann, but every battery operated SLR camera I've > used will give at least *some* warning that the batteries are about to > crap out. I've never seen a situation where one shot goes fine, and > then, without warning, the camera is dead because of batteries. I know > that I've always been able to at least finish the roll of film that's in > the camera. > > William in Utah. > > Ann Sanfedele wrote: >> >> 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 . > - > 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 .
