Re: Speaking of inexpensive PS

2005-04-11 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 05:34:12 -0400, Bill Owens wrote: [...] Pentax Optio 50 [...] 5MP, 1.8 inch LCD, SD slot and uses AA batteries (2). [...] Cost is $197.00 US, pretty reasonable for a 5MP IMHO. Pretty annoying since I just spent almost a

Re: Speaking of inexpensive PS

2005-04-11 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BTW, something on another thread causes me to inquire: Do Optios that use AA batteries like NiMH? Check the specs for the camera you are interested in. I think most of them are using proprietary batteries. William Robb

Re: Speaking of inexpensive PS

2005-04-11 Thread mike wilson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 05:34:12 -0400, Bill Owens wrote: [...] Pentax Optio 50 [...] 5MP, 1.8 inch LCD, SD slot and uses AA batteries (2). [...] Cost is $197.00 US, pretty reasonable for a 5MP IMHO. Pretty annoying since I just

Re: Speaking of inexpensive PS

2005-04-11 Thread Doug Franklin
On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 12:31:19 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW, something on another thread causes me to inquire: Do Optios that use AA batteries like NiMH? Due to their size, I'd be surprised if any of the Option models use AA batteries at all. My Optio S5i came with this nifty little

Re: Speaking of inexpensive PS

2005-04-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Due to their size, I'd be surprised if any of the Option models use AA batteries at all. My Optio S5i came with this nifty little flat battery that's about the size of a piece of Bazooka bubble gum, for those of you old enough to remember that stuff. I

Re: Speaking of inexpensive PS

2005-04-11 Thread ernreed2
Quoting William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BTW, something on another thread causes me to inquire: Do Optios that use AA batteries like NiMH? Check the specs for the camera you are interested in. I think most of them are

Re: Speaking of inexpensive PS

2005-04-11 Thread Butch Black
According to DP review the Pentax Optio 50 that Bill Owens was talking about uses AA's http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Pentax/pentax_optio50.asp Butch

Re: Speaking of inexpensive PS

2005-04-11 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Some Optio models use AAs. My question is, do *those* Optios like NiMH batteries? Sorry, misread the question. I don't think there would be a problem with NiMh batteries, probably the camera will run better with them. I would check the

Re: Speaking of inexpensive PS

2005-04-11 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Butch Black [EMAIL PROTECTED]: According to DP review the Pentax Optio 50 that Bill Owens was talking about uses AA's http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Pentax/pentax_optio50.asp Also according to Bill Owens' post ...

Speaking of inexpensive PS

2005-04-10 Thread Bill Owens
Earlier this week my Optio S decided to stop working. We also recently received a shipment of the Pentax Optio 50. It's not listed on the Pentax website, and is apparently built for sale through national accounts such as Wal-Mart. Anyway, it's 5MP, 1.8 inch LCD, SD slot and uses AA

Re: Speaking of inexpensive PS

2005-04-10 Thread Doug Franklin
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 05:34:12 -0400, Bill Owens wrote: [...] Pentax Optio 50 [...] 5MP, 1.8 inch LCD, SD slot and uses AA batteries (2). [...] Cost is $197.00 US, pretty reasonable for a 5MP IMHO. Pretty annoying since I just spent almost a hundred bucks more for the S5i. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ

Re: Speaking of inexpensive PS

2005-04-10 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bill Owens Subject: Speaking of inexpensive PS Earlier this week my Optio S decided to stop working. We also recently received a shipment of the Pentax Optio 50. It's not listed on the Pentax website, and is apparently built for sale through national