Lithium batteries are the way to go if they are available for your gear. I
have even bought them in place of standard AA size for various gadgets.
Although expensive, you can generally find them at a good price if you shop
around locally - and on the net.
I have a little Streamlight flashlight that takes the lithium CR123 size 3v
- $6.00 (approx) at the local supermarkets etc - as low as $1.75 from a
police equipment supplier in California.
Cheers,
Lee
----Original Message Follows----
From: Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] Digital Probem?
At 12:33 PM 7/28/2002 -0700, Martin G. Flink wrote:
>Trying to understand the digital revolution I picked up an Olympus Camedia
D-100 digital camera...It is 1.3 megapixel and is a basic point and shoot
about the same size as the Stylus...The first thing I noticed is how quickly
it drained two Duracell alkaline batteries...In fact the batteries heated up
to the point that it could be felt through the case...I've just put in 1800
mAh capacity nickel metal hydride batteries, which warm up but not like the
alkaline...I this common or does the camera have a short?
Nope. It's common. Alkalines simply don't have the oooomph to drive
digital cameras much (although I have used them successfully for short
periods of time while keeping the LCD screen turned off). Turn the LCD
screen on, though, and alkalines are drained in a flash. NiMH really is the
only way to go, and it sounds like you've bought the highest-capacity ones
that can be generally acquired. Now if you want the best available charger
for them, get the MAHA MH-C204F battery charger from Thomas Distributing.
Their URL is:
http://www.thomas-distributing.com/maha-mh-c204f.htm
They've got some good specials which you can find off of their main page,
too.
>...I can't believe how quickly the batteries are drained...I know I will
never reach the comfort zone that I have with my OM1 or any other single
digit OM with digital...
Depends. You may become hooked on the "instant-image" capabilities of
digital. In some spheres, I certainly have -- in others, I still prefer my
OM-series cameras. In other words, digital's got its place, and I think
it's a good one, too. Your Mileage May Vary. ;-)
Garth
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