Thanks. You've answered many questions here, some of which I haven't asked yet. Aside from battery life, what are the advantages of the IFR CCD's?
Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/29/02 10:36AM >>> Dear all, Steve Desjardins wrote: >Agreed. My point of comparison is the E-10 (you have this one too, >right?) and it eats rechargeable AA's at an alarming rate. I almost always >got though one entire set when I go shooting. >It really changes your outlook on batteries, just like a laptop. > E-10/E-20 is a completely different technology from D-SLRs like D100 or D1X. The major power consumption in digital cameras come from their image sensor and the preview/review LCD at the camera back. E-10/E-20, like other consumer DCs, use Interlaced CCD which is simpler and cheaper to manufacture. These CCDs have very fast shooting rate, allowing you shoot 10-20 images continuously at 1 second. That's why you can use the DC to shot short movies and turn on the LCD at the back at all time to review/preview the image. Therefore, DCs based oon Interlaced CCD are battery-eaters. On the other hand, D-SLRs like D100 use Interline Frame Readout CCDs which are complex and very expensive to manufacture. These CCDs cannot record images in a continuous manner like the Interlaced CCD do and they needs mechanical shutters. You cannot shot movies with D-SLRs or preview the image at the LCD. All you can do is to review the image you have taken. Therefore, people using D-SLR would not continously turn on the LCD at the camera back in the way they do on consumer DCs. This saves a lot of battery power. Regards, Henry Chu 29/10/2002 _________________________________________________________________ Unlimited Internet access -- and 2 months free!� Try MSN. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/2monthsfree.asp
