Oops, I started a thread I didn't mean to. I should have mentioned these
were grocery store alkalines and they were NOT new. Pulled them out of
something else. In my haste, I forgot to have charged NiMH ready. I have no
doubt a good set will last much, much longer. I did, however, just order
some more, as my current NiMH are well used.
Olympus does offer a Lithium Polymer battery that screws into the tripod
mount. I suspect it lasts forever, but I'll be happy with the AAs. The
microdrive uses more power too, so when I am power-challenged, I'll use
flash cards.
I am also surprised that the other models don't have a 'real' viewfinder.
I've tried low-end cameras where you use the LCD to frame shots and find it
cumbersome at best and useless at worse. Outdoors is impossible. Give me a
true SLR!
Tom
From: "C.H.Ling"
> Alkalines does not work well in most digital camera, you need high
> capacity Ni-HM batteries. In my experience with E10, 1600mAH Ni-MH can
> provide at least 150 shots in 2 hrs shooting time without LCD turn on
> (it is not necessary for E10 as it has true optical viewfinder which
> let you see much more clearer than the LCD viewfinder.)
>
> Interestingly, at that price level, there is still no late design from
> other manufacturer provide optical viewfinder.
>
> C.H.Ling
>
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