Hi Bob
Actually now you mention it I had almost the same experience. I bought a very old and knackered ELM about 5 years ago, as a backup. This was from the Pro Centre in london, and had been around the block a few times. It had a single set of batteries which looked as old as the camera. I didn't use it much, but when I came to sell it last year on Ebay, I charged it up and the batteries still seemed to have a decent charge in them. Now my experience is that a laptop battery is useless after a year of moderate use.
yours (elderly and fartingly also)
David Purdie
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On 14 Aug 2004, at 14:24, Bob Croxford wrote:
Can someone explain why I have a growing mountain of so-called re-chargeable batteries which just don't seem to last like they used to? I bought an ELM Hasselblad in 1969 with two batteries which were still going strong when I sold it 27 years later. Each one was good for 2,000 frames which considering the amount of heavy mechanical winding was pretty impressive. They went to the humidity of Nigeria and SE ASia a few times as well as being used as a studio camera.
Or am I just a boring old fart who remembers a lot of things better in the past, especially day rates and fees?
Bob Croxford
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