Brought to you by the same company that decided the vertical grip needed
its own unique battery instead of two of the standard batteries or an
optional AA insert as decided by all the competitors.
Chuck Norcutt
Ian Nichols wrote:
> On 28/09/06, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Ali Shah wrote:
>>
>>>Canada will be a great option for me! 8-)
>>>
>>>BTW I hear that the E-400 will have a different
>>>battery than current E-series camera's. 25% less
>>>capacity than the BLM-1. That is not good!!!
>>
>>What choice did they have? The battery is a significant part of the
>>bulk. To make the camera smaller, the battery has to get smaller.
>
>
> Hmm, could have made the grip usefully bigger and stuck a BLM-1 in
> there. I'd be tempted to get one as a second body if they'd done
> that, but if I have to worry about two completely different sizes of
> battery and two different chargers, it's damned unlikely.
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