On 18 Sep 2002 at 12:27, Tom Sapienza wrote: > Speaking of Motor Drive LX ... I was in a photo shop the other day and > they had the Motor Drive setup for an LX. I had seen the rechargable > battery packs for it before, but they had a mammoth beast of a battery > grip which stood 6 or more inches tall and took 12 AA batteries. This > things looked incredibly unwieldly. Anyone know Pentax's reasoning in > building it like they did? Why not make it flat and fit to the bottom of > the Motor Drive, instead of sticking out?
Hi Tom, Aside from what everyone else has already noted the Battery Grip M design is older than the LX system so is really a legacy device in some respects. Why it is useful is that the LX + Motor Drive LX + Ni-Cd Battery Pack LX is quite mechanically unstable lot on a tripod in any case. So if the battery packs are separated from the Motor Drive LX using the Power Cord M then you achieve more mechanical stability and have a handy remote. In this case the Battery Grip M also offers a better remote shutter trigger than the Ni-Cd Battery Pack LX :-) Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html
