You are obviously not as careless or clumbsy as I am!
Cotty wrote:
On 20/7/04, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, offered:
Batteries sometimes get lost; chargers can be lost or damaged. It is
great to have a camera like the *ist d that can utilize AA batteries
from the corner
On 19/7/04, arnie, discombobulated, offered:
The other I went to downtown Manhattan to take some pictures and lo! my
rechargable cr-v3's are dead! so i went into the nearest shop, bought a pack
of AA's, and went on shooting.
I love Pentax!
arnie
Sorry, I just can't get my head around this
On 20/7/04, Kristian Walsh, discombobulated, offered:
The point is, I don't need to replace them. I brought 3 proprietary
batteries plus the charger to GFM.
On the other hand: Lithium-Ion batteries lose their effectiveness after
about 24-30 months, whether you use them or not, so buying three
On 20/7/04, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, offered:
Batteries sometimes get lost; chargers can be lost or damaged. It is
great to have a camera like the *ist d that can utilize AA batteries
from the corner convenience store in an emergency.
Point taken. I have yet to encounter a
batteries
why didn't Pentax do something else battery wise.
Kenneth Waller
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From: Dr. Shaun Canning [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Jul 19, 2004 4:31 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: *ist D and Power sources
I disagree. The CR-V3 rechargeables are not the 'optimal' solution
something else battery wise.
Kenneth Waller
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From: Dr. Shaun Canning [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Jul 19, 2004 4:31 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: *ist D and Power sources
I disagree. The CR-V3 rechargeables are not the 'optimal' solution at
all. An optimal solution would
På 19. jul. 2004 kl. 15.11 skrev Kenneth Waller:
On 7/19 Shaun Canning wrote:
An optimal solution would have been for Pentax too release the *ist
D with a proprietry Li-ion rechargeable battery simalar to those used
in
other Pentax digital cameras
Then we would have another PDML thread about
On 19 Jul 2004 at 0:00, Kenneth Waller wrote:
Then we would have another PDML thread about those darn expensive Pentax Li-ion
rechargeable batteries why didn't Pentax do something else battery wise.
I think you'll find the fact that Pentax chose to utilize readily available AA
cells as a
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004, DagT wrote:
Some non-Pentax people have been praising the AA compatibility of the
*istD as a great advantage with the camera.
It is a major selling point for me.
On vacations I don't want to carry one charger per device. Having
more devices that can use a common AA
only source battery.
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From: Dr. Shaun Canning [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: *ist D and Power sources
LOL! Yeah, Ken your probably right
We all whinge about everything regardless of its merit. Take the *ist D
for example...(I love mine incidentally). Has there been
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From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: *ist D and Power sources
On 19 Jul 2004 at 0:00, Kenneth Waller wrote:
Then we would have another PDML thread about those darn expensive Pentax Li-ion
rechargeable batteries why didn't Pentax do something else battery
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004, William Robb wrote:
Sure, as long as you in fairly civilized areas I agree. But
sometimes I
go outdoors and stay there for some days and other times I travel
to
countries were charging is not readily available. In both cases AA
batteries are available in any shop I
They still don't have AA rechargables on the market over there, Cotty? You
should have picked some up while you were here in the US. HAR!
For perspective! If Cotty had needed to replace the battery in his Canon while
at GFM he could have ran over to Ashville (2+ hour round trip), if one of the
Well, I don't know. Without batteries the blinky-lights on my MX are don't work.
How the heck can you take photos without blinky-lights?
And speaking of all this digital stuff. My Sekonic L-308B digital light/flash
meter went on the blink last year at GFM. It got steadily worse, and was not
On 19/7/04, graywolf, discombobulated, offered:
They still don't have AA rechargables on the market over there, Cotty? You
should have picked some up while you were here in the US. HAR!
I had 2 sets of 4 NiMHs on me for use in the flash, mate.
For perspective! If Cotty had needed to replace
:23 AM
Subject: Re: *ist D and Power sources
På 19. jul. 2004 kl. 15.11 skrev Kenneth Waller:
On 7/19 Shaun Canning wrote:
An optimal solution would have been for Pentax too release the *ist
D with a proprietry Li-ion rechargeable battery simalar to those used
in
other Pentax digital
Well, it looks like my solution might be to buy some better batteries
and a better quality charger. A Quantum rig would cost about $1300
apparently. There are other solutions that are being nutted out, but
none of them are as cheap as more batteries and a better charger.
Cheers
Shaun
Tanya
... This is not the case with NiMH
batteries whose voltage will slowly tail off until they run completely out.
-el gringo
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From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 6:44 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: *ist D and Power sources
Rob Studdert [EMAIL
DagT wrote:
På 19. jul. 2004 kl. 19.13 skrev DagT:
På 19. jul. 2004 kl. 18.56 skrev William Robb:
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From: DagT
Subject: Re: *ist D and Power sources
Sure, as long as you in fairly civilized areas I agree. But
sometimes I
go outdoors and stay there for some days and other
: *ist D and Power sources
On Sun, 18 Jul 2004, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote:
Shaun, if anyone *has* come up with such a solution - I WANT IT! Try
using
the *istD with the Hitachi microdrive, no battery grip, and see just how
long the batteries last!
I use this setup and have no problem
Rob, how does that thing work?!?! And yeah, how much would it set me
back?!?!
:-)
tan.
-Original Message-
From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, 18 July 2004 3:50 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: *ist D and Power sources
On 18 Jul 2004 at 12:42, Dr. Shaun
Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 1:03 AM
Subject: RE: *ist D and Power sources
Shaun, if anyone *has* come up with such a solution - I WANT IT! Try
using
the *istD with the Hitachi microdrive, no battery grip, and see just how
long the batteries last
: Sunday, July 18, 2004 1:56 AM
Subject: Re: *ist D and Power sources
Hmm, has anyone tried any of the Li-Ion CR-V3 (RCR-V3) batteries at all?
- Original Message -
From: Tanya Mayer Photography
Subject: RE: *ist D and Power sources
One thing though, is that I will often delete in field, so I guess
for every
time I fill the card with 282 exposures, you could probably add
another 100
that I've already deleted. Obviously
On Sun, 18 Jul 2004, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote:
Alex, are you using Auto focus? Flash? I am amazed that you can get so
much! I assume that if you say 270, then you are shooting RAW? (As I do,
and I can get 282 exposures) What the heck am I doing wrong?!?!?
I use auto focus, but I don't
On 18 Jul 2004 at 7:51, William Robb wrote:
If you are deleting in the field, you are also using the LCD, which
is the major battery hog.
Use the screen less, use it to check histograms avery now and again
(especially if your light has changed).
I can fill a one gig card shooting jpeg on a
with NiMH
batteries whose voltage will slowly tail off until they run completely out.
-el gringo
-Original Message-
From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 6:44 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: *ist D and Power sources
Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
Shaun, if anyone *has* come up with such a solution - I WANT IT! Try using
the *istD with the Hitachi microdrive, no battery grip, and see just how
long the batteries last! I go through 7 sets per wedding, and usually end
up chucking in a set of Duracell's just to see me through the tail
On 18 Jul 2004 at 15:03, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote:
BTW, I posted this once before, but I'm not sure if anyone noticed. I
discovered that the AC Adapter for the MUVO works perfectly with the
*istD! I haven't found anywhere that I can buy the AC Adapter that is
supposedly available to
On Sun, 18 Jul 2004, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote:
Shaun, if anyone *has* come up with such a solution - I WANT IT! Try using
the *istD with the Hitachi microdrive, no battery grip, and see just how
long the batteries last!
I use this setup and have no problem with filling up the drive
On 18 Jul 2004 at 15:03, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote:
I have used it many times
since, with no bad side effects (well, none to my knowledge)...
I just looked a bit more carefully, the Muvo PSU input current is 280mA max,
output current is 1.5A max which explains why it works. I still think
On 18 Jul 2004 at 12:42, Dr. Shaun Canning wrote:
The question is: Is anybody using any alternative power sources to power
their *ist D? For example, has anyone come up with or come across a
'power pack' that will power the *ist D like a quantum digital power
pack (which is not available
Hmm, has anyone tried any of the Li-Ion CR-V3 (RCR-V3) batteries at all?
Love, Light and Peace,
- Peter Loveday
Director of Development, eyeon Software
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