AA loading - suggestion for Kodak

Stewy wrote:

That is an unfortunate problem, but AAs are way too big for many
ultra-compact digitals and square Lithium batteries are the way forward

I agree on the lithium batts being the way of the future but I wish
they would settle on a couple or three standard sizes so there would
be battery portablilty across camera manufacturers.

Wes

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I hope AAs will always be an option.

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Stewy wrote:

That is an unfortunate problem, but AAs are way too big for many
ultra-compact digitals and square Lithium batteries are the way
forward

I agree on the lithium batts being the way of the future but I wish
they would settle on a couple or three standard sizes so there would
be battery portablilty across camera manufacturers.

Wes

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On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 14:45:20 -0400, "Ronald Baird"
wrote:

Greetings VB,

I can appreciate your concerns and the suggestion. I am taking the action of
moving your comments on to our concept team who want to know of your
interests. I am not sure of the reason for the bottom loading battery
configuration, but I suspect there is a valid reason? If I can learn more
about this while sharing your thoughts, I will return with it.

Thanks for posting this,

Ron Baird
Eastman Kodak Company

There are 3 Main problems with the "double barrelled" loading
method...

1. Breakage of the door (unusable) - I've seen sideloader doors break,
but it's not the same kind of disaster.

2. Impossible to clean the lower contacts (same problem hits the
inline side/slide approach, where a contact is buried)

3. Poor contact, leading to batteries appearing to be more depleted
than they are. The number of times it's been "flat", and I've reloaded
the battery and had plenty of power.

The ideal, as far as I've always reckoned, is a fully side-loading
system, where the sliding insertion helps the contact.

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I believe that Kodak sells the doors for some models, and that
installation isn't too difficult. Still, I am VERY careful about
opening and closing the doors on mine.


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Probably a VERY common problem for most camera brands. Just replaced
the AA battery door on my wife's Olympus D520. The Olympus website
sells a LOT of different battery doors. $7 plus $3 shipping for mine.
The plastic door just slides off the metal hinged contact piece, and the
new one slides right on. Took me about 2 minutes to change the door -
took longer than that to open the shipping packaging.
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Hi Matt,

Thanks for the additional feedback, it helps. I will make it a point to get
this to our engineers.

Talk to you soon,

Ron Baird
Eastman Kodak Company


Greetings VB,

I can appreciate your concerns and the suggestion. I am taking the action
of
moving your comments on to our concept team who want to know of your
interests. I am not sure of the reason for the bottom loading battery
configuration, but I suspect there is a valid reason? If I can learn
more
about this while sharing your thoughts, I will return with it.

Thanks for posting this,

Ron Baird
Eastman Kodak Company

There are 3 Main problems with the "double barrelled" loading
method...

1. Breakage of the door (unusable) - I've seen sideloader doors break,
but it's not the same kind of disaster.