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Photographing Where No Electricity Source
On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:53:30 +0100, bugbear wrote:
Mark Thomas wrote: bugbear wrote: Alan Browne wrote: 1 SLR doesn't have batteries of any kind. What is it? BugBear I think there may be more than one - certainly my old Zenit EM didn't need no batteries, not even for its light meter. Sadly to use one nowadays you would need to hunt down M42-mount lenses, and the selenium cells used to only last 20 years or so... )O: Quite a few old slr's had fully mechanical shutters, so the only thing you lost was the metering. yes - but IIRC no batteries at all was rare. BugBear Once it was the rule - Miranda D - The Kine-exacta - the early Edixa etc. -- Neil reverse ra and delete l Linux user 335851 |
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On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:00:28 +0900, David J. Littleboy wrote:
Quite a few old slr's had fully mechanical shutters, so the only thing you lost was the metering. yes - but IIRC no batteries at all was rare. There are quite a few fairly recent SLRs that work without batteries: the OM-1n, FM2, and FM3a all work fine without batteries. The OM1n had a battery for the meter, I had one once a long long time ago. -- Neil reverse ra and delete l Linux user 335851 |
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Where's Jake?
About 25 people have responded and Jake is apparently not interested? "Jake" wrote in message ... Anyone had any experience with photographing for over a week where there is no electricity. I am guessing that the two main options are to take a lot of charged batteries, or maybe the safest way would be to take film bodies instead. Are there any other viable solutions to be able to shoot digital without worrying about power, such as solar charging devices, etc? |
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Steve Sherman wrote:
Jake wrote: Anyone had any experience with photographing for over a week where there is no electricity. Sure. I am guessing that the two main options are to take a lot of charged batteries, yep. They are not heavy. Jut how did you get around to take all these pictures? Do you walk? Yep. Next month, 11 days, 130 miles, three batteries, 15 gigabytes of CF. Doug McDonald |
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Jake wrote:
Anyone had any experience with photographing for over a week where there is no electricity. I am guessing that the two main options are to take a lot of charged batteries, or maybe the safest way would be to take film bodies instead. Are there any other viable solutions to be able to shoot digital without worrying about power, such as solar charging devices, etc? I've expanded the section on solar charging on the digital camera battery web site, including links to products and photos. A viable set-up is more than just buying a solar panel, you need a charge controller, and a storage battery as well. See "http://batterydata.com" and click on "Expanded Section on Solar Charging" near the top. Steve "http://batterydata.com" Earth's Independent Source for Digital Camera Battery Information |
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Where's Jake?
On 7/9/08 8:37 AM, in article , "Frank Arthur" wrote: About 25 people have responded and Jake is apparently not interested? "Jake" wrote in message ... Anyone had any experience with photographing for over a week where there is no electricity. I am guessing that the two main options are to take a lot of charged batteries, or maybe the safest way would be to take film bodies instead. Are there any other viable solutions to be able to shoot digital without worrying about power, such as solar charging devices, etc? Jake? Jake Off. Jake take off? |
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Solar charger like this one:
http://www.renewablestore.com.au/cat...roducts_id=380 You can save energy during trip: 1. lcd switch off, 2. sounds off, 3. live preview off, 4. stabilization system off, 5. (optional) lens set to manual focus, 6. batteries out of camera when not in use) 7. Memory Card (more cards with smaller capacity) 8. Memory Card made by good producer Best wishes Martin www.gorgolewski.com Uzytkownik "Jake" napisal w wiadomosci ... Anyone had any experience with photographing for over a week where there is no electricity. I am guessing that the two main options are to take a lot of charged batteries, or maybe the safest way would be to take film bodies instead. Are there any other viable solutions to be able to shoot digital without worrying about power, such as solar charging devices, etc? |
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"Neil Ellwood" wrote: On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:00:28 +0900, David J. Littleboy wrote: Quite a few old slr's had fully mechanical shutters, so the only thing you lost was the metering. yes - but IIRC no batteries at all was rare. There are quite a few fairly recent SLRs that work without batteries: the OM-1n, FM2, and FM3a all work fine without batteries. The OM1n had a battery for the meter, I had one once a long long time ago. Yes, I did too. What I was trying to say was that an OM-1n without a battery is functionally the same as many of the early SLRs that didn't have a meter at all. There were SLRs with selenium cell meters, but until recently, you could get a handheld or clip-on battery-less meter as well, so you can replicate that functionality battery free with fairly recent equipment. Of course, all these cameras will shoot for a year on a single battery, so it's not like a dcam that runs out of steam after 4 hours or so. So for a week trip, battery free isn't a big deal with film, unless you make the mistake of buying one of those new-fangled AE/AF/power wind/rewind cameras that sucks batteries. -- David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan |
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Photographing Where No Electricity Source
On 7/7/08 1:52 PMJul 7, "Jake" wrote:
Anyone had any experience with photographing for over a week where there is no electricity. I am guessing that the two main options are to take a lot of charged batteries, or maybe the safest way would be to take film bodies instead. How many photos do you take in a week? I can get as many as 700 on one battery charge (Nikon D200) so a couple of extra batteries provides for a good number of pictures. |
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