[Leica] if you're going to go digital ...

[gwpics at aol.com (Gerry Walden)]

Leicajay@aol.com wrote:

 > Actually the most important feature of a have-with-you-always digicam
 > are the
 > batteries.  Those that use proprietary packs are forever in a state of
 > near
 > or complete discharge, unless you top them off, and then if the
 > chargers don't
 > have a lengthy discharge/charge cycle you shorten the battery life.  I
 > got my
 > wife a discontinued Olympus P&S digicam on the basis of it taking
 > AA's, so
 > that in the event the cheap NiMH AA's are down, a pair of lithiums or
 > alkalines
 > will do at least temporarily.

One of the main reasons that I chose the Fuji Finepix S2 was the fact 
that it will run on 4 AA batteries whereas the Nikon equivalent needs a 
special rechargeable battery pack.

Gerry
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