I said:
> >I occurred to me that because of the longer duration of the flash in
> >Super FP mode that it must really use up the batteries. Does anyone
> have
> >any first hand experience with this. I haven't used it in FP mode
> enough
> >to know. Should I carry an extra set of batteries to my normal backup
> >set?
Winsor Crosby wrote:
> I thought the batteries were just there to charge the capacitor,=20
> which would be the same regardless of mode.
Yes but if the flash is putting out x amount of light over a longer
period of time doesn't that equal more total energy expended? Maybe I'm
confusing the total flash dump with the rate of burn. and maybe this
isn't a noticeable issue with battery usage. Please correct me.
Mike
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