Which DSLR uses AA batteries ?
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Excluding Pentax K10D, all other Pentax DSLRs, eg. *ist series, K100D, takes 4 AA batteries in body itself, no grip needed.
yup, i've carried around 20AAs before...
...thought of getting a bandoliar like in those western movies...and the thing with using 4AA bats at a time is that if one is faulty, you can't really tell and have to change to the next set of 4...a pain to reload the bats on to the "magazine" as well...also can't really tell how much juice you have left in the batteries...its like full power, slightly less power and then suddenly no more power, a prob inherent in NiMH batteries...so diff now with my D200, with quick one handed bat change, much more juice per bat, accurate bat life meter, heck it even tells me when the battery has been recharged too many times and is time to junk the battery... but thing is, once on an overseas shoot, when for some reason (faulty bats or faulty charger...who knows) I ran low on juice, I was saved by a local provision shop's stock of evereadys...paid shoot leh:sweat:...the shop people were probably wondering why I bought so many...;p
Frankly I prefer both Li-on and AA. But I felt like bringing bullets ard for shoot.... Not really a AA lover
I would spend more on Li-on as to lighten my weight and last longer.
S3Pro user here.
I would spend more on Li-on as to lighten my weight and last longer.
S3Pro user here.
Thanks so much for all the replies. Guess the reasons are obvious for me :
1) I am currently using many rechargable AA for my Fujitsu 602. So can re-used.
2) AA are cheaper & maybe of higher mAh than Li-Ion and is readily available
3) Don't want to get struck with custom Li-Ion batt which cannot be used for other makes of cam
Well guess most make except for older model of Pentax has AA support. The newer model (all other make) has priorrity Li-Ion batt. guess the cam manufacturers are also quite smart to get ppl to buy only their batt.
The grip is going to add on to the weight and size of the DSLR ... look awful too.
Hope that a AA batt supported DSLR will be launched....
1) I am currently using many rechargable AA for my Fujitsu 602. So can re-used.
2) AA are cheaper & maybe of higher mAh than Li-Ion and is readily available
3) Don't want to get struck with custom Li-Ion batt which cannot be used for other makes of cam
Well guess most make except for older model of Pentax has AA support. The newer model (all other make) has priorrity Li-Ion batt. guess the cam manufacturers are also quite smart to get ppl to buy only their batt.
The grip is going to add on to the weight and size of the DSLR ... look awful too.
Hope that a AA batt supported DSLR will be launched....
But K100d uses SD ... prefer CF .... guess does not have the best of both world. But somehow, prefer Canon becos my previous SLR is a Canon EOS300 ... so can re-use the lens too ...
no, DSLR run on AA battery will have very limited power, imagine if I insist of using AA on my D200, I may have to carry 60 pcs of AA batteries for one wedding. and that is for my camera only.
well, then thats too bad. :bsmilie:
anyway I don think memory card is a problem anymore... you can simply get a normal 2GB card at about $30 or a higher spd one at $50+/-.
its not like in the past where 1gb high spd card cost $200+
60 batt !!! 60/4 = 15 sets !!! Cannot be leh. AA Batt are your external flash issit ....actually, its 60/6=10sets......plus the fact that lithiums do not lose much charge when stored for weeks when NiMH AAs might become flat...unless you are talking about the new eneloop NiMH...
no, just for camera, my d200+mb200 take 6xAA batteries, spec say 6 batteries can take 150 shots, so need to bring 10 sets including spare.
if the NiMh AA battery is $4 a piece, will cost $240, and it will need how many charges plus how many hours to charge all these batteries?
So, it would be more practical to use Li-on batteries on any DSLR. even it is just causal shooters.
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