In a message dated 4/14/2005 7:29:40 PM Pacific Standard Time, gwarner2_at_shaw.ca writes: I don't have a Pentax Optio WP but am curious to know what the power source is for the camera and how long it works off the battery source. Some of the digital cameras my friends use eat batteries at the same rate my 14 year old son eats though our fridge. I swear he can open the fridge door and clean out everything edible before the light comes on. By evening the only thing left in the fridge is some science experiments and the organic green sludge in the vegetable crisper. Why's it called a crisper? You put fresh vegies in and "poof" they turn to sludge. It should be called the sludger. Sorry, I lost focus there for a moment. About the batteries, what's the power source for the Optio WP? Oh, and would you pass the green sludge? They list a rechargable lithium ion battery. The weak link to me about digital is the battery. I've been on 2 week trips and the digital shooters were fretting over batteries. Some digi cameras do, however, use AA's so a proper duracell recharge midtrip is a-ok. I like my pentax IQzoom but my buddies digi shots were much more vibrant than mine and I think this may be the pad I launch into digital-at least for kayaking-from. He even bought a spare battery for our last trip and was fretting about not having enough juice, so I'm still a bit concerned. Every time those funky little sounds go off and all that, it just wastes energy that could be used for day 5 on a trip. What are those little scientists in their cubicles doing? I remove the veggies from their incubator like plastic bags and put them into a basket. That removes alot of the moisture that turns them into sludge. The crisper is the beer overflow tank now. Our only teenagers are cats, so we are forced to eat our own broccoli. Here is a link for more info on the optio wp. Thanks to everybody for their insight. _http://www.digital-cameras-ratings.info/Camera/B0007CZ6F0/Pentax-Optio-WP-5MP -Waterproof-Digi/_ (http://www.digital-cameras-ratings.info/Camera/B0007CZ6F0/Pentax-Optio-WP-5MP-Waterproof-Digi/) Rob *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Apr 14 2005 - 19:44:46 PDT
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