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Oh, I don't think you're going to like having a single set of batteries at all. It'll knaw at you all the time and drive you crazy.

Not to fear!

I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I offer an even swap. My SD9 for your SD10. (Body only) You'll come away from the deal with the comfort of having two sets of batteries and you'll have that new EX lens. :-)

Contact me offline so we can exchange shipping particulars.
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Just Looking said:
DaSigmaGuy said:
Just Looking said:
what else can I say?
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....$4.99 for about 800 shots, aint exactly cheap!
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About twice that price, since you need a pair.

$10.00/800 = 1.2 cents per shot; it's not free, but it's not a bad
price for avoiding battery problems and the hassles of managing
recharging. If you like to use rechargables, it's still a bargain
for backup use.
Just Looking said:
Especially as you can get brand-new RCR-V3's on ebay for the same
price and get a minimum of 200000 shots!
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Thanks for that report. I didn't realize you had so many shots
already.
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Actually I have'nt, I'm just quoting on the claim that most RCR-V3 manufacturers make that their batteries can be recharged up to 1000 times.
I get somewhere between 200-300 shots per pair on average.
200 shots (minimum) x 1000=200000.

However its now pretty obvious from your experience that the "1000 times" claim could well be a little exagerated!
Just Looking said:
When I tried a pair of RCR-V3, I only got about 2000
before one of the cells died irrecoverably.
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Strange, what brand was that battery?....Was it one of the RCR-V3's on Docmaas's "dont ever use" list?

Regards

DSG
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I'm really glad that I saw this thread as I was considering the 'soldered wire modification' to my SD9, as posted over at the 'sigmadslr' site. It makes sense to me, now, that is not the way to go. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the CR-V3's give so many frames. Any idea how many shots can be expected from new set of Duracel CR-V3's, with the SD9? And can CR-V3's be used with the Powerpack?
Owen
 
Laurence, thanks for the info. While not very cold, the batteries - and the camera - must have been thoroughly cold. There must have been extra power needed just for focussing the lens in that temperature.

Cheers,

-Topi Kuusinen, Finland
 
Just Looking said:
Chunsum J Choi said:
the single power mod for SD9 makes no sense at all IMO.
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With a lifetime supply of CR123 available for $25, I agree.
http://store.botachtactical.com/sanyo1.html
I still have some left from when I had an SD9.

j
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Hello Just Looking ! Happy New Year 2006.....

If you have a lot of the CR123 batteries " left-over " ; and don't plan on using in anything ; are you willing to sell them ; for my SD9 ? ;-) Thanks ..........In Christ......Ed~
 
Hi Topi,

Exactly. I forgot to mention that I was using Decker's favorite Powerfresser, the 80-400. My point is that the CR-V3 still had enough Oooompf&reg to run everything where the RCR-V3 did not.
Topi said:
Laurence, thanks for the info. While not very cold, the batteries -
and the camera - must have been thoroughly cold. There must have
been extra power needed just for focussing the lens in that
temperature.

Cheers,

-Topi Kuusinen, Finland
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Laurence

There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

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JLK said:
I use the Zukz batteries from Creighton
( http://www.craytonelectronics.com/crreba.html ). They were
reasonably priced: about $22 for a battery and charger, additional
batteries are $13. I've got 2 chargers and 4 batteries and they've
run though 5K+ shots. I have had them go low at times (probably not
freshly charged), and I always have a couple sets of the disposable
batteries handy.
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I'll also vouch for these batteries, charger and online merchant; I've used 4 of these Zukz for about a year. RCRV-3 users really should have 2 chargers for 2 batteries, I bought only one charger and it's a pain charging them one at a time when fully drained, as it takes couple hours. Buy 2 chargers, charge 2 batteries overnight, have a backup set charged. Thanks for the link again JLK, I may buy another charger + 2 more batteries. Multi backup = good thing. BTW, I was impressed with how they hold charge during periods of non-use. I had to leave SD10, no photos possible, from May to July 2005, and when I turned SD10 on again in July, it fully started up and was ready to go.
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One_Eye_Ed said:
If you have a lot of the CR123 batteries " left-over " ; and don't
plan on using in anything ; are you willing to sell them ; for my
SD9 ? ;-) Thanks ..........In Christ......Ed~
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I gave most away, and am down to just one pair left, so not worth the trouble.

j
 
SandyF said:
I was impressed with how they hold charge during
periods of non-use. I had to leave SD10, no photos possible, from
May to July 2005, and when I turned SD10 on again in July, it fully
started up and was ready to go.
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That was the reason that I gave up with NiMHs even before I got the SD-9. If you didn't use the camera for a while you virtually needed 24 hours notice before you could use it again.

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Thanks,
Gary.
 
Owen said:
I'm really glad that I saw this thread as I was considering the
'soldered wire modification' to my SD9, as posted over at the
'sigmadslr' site. It makes sense to me, now, that is not the way to
go. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the CR-V3's give so
many frames. Any idea how many shots can be expected from new set
of Duracel CR-V3's, with the SD9? And can CR-V3's be used with the
Powerpack?
Owen
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CR-V3's fit in the powerpack but the SD9 will fail when the CR-123's fail and you can't replace them with the powerpack installed so CR-V3's won't last longer than CR-123's in any case. You have to do the SD10 power wire modification if you want your SD9 to keep working after the CR-123's go dead. The SD10 power modification makes SD9 CR-123's optional but you can still use both.
 
sigmabigma said:
Owen said:
I'm really glad that I saw this thread as I was considering the
'soldered wire modification' to my SD9, as posted over at the
'sigmadslr' site. It makes sense to me, now, that is not the way to
go. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the CR-V3's give so
many frames. Any idea how many shots can be expected from new set
of Duracel CR-V3's, with the SD9? And can CR-V3's be used with the
Powerpack?
Owen
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CR-V3's fit in the powerpack but the SD9 will fail when the
CR-123's fail and you can't replace them with the powerpack
installed so CR-V3's won't last longer than CR-123's in any case.
You have to do the SD10 power wire modification if you want your
SD9 to keep working after the CR-123's go dead. The SD10 power
modification makes SD9 CR-123's optional but you can still use both.
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Why can't you replace them when using the powerpack? just remove the powerpack. it only takes an extra 10 Sec.

AFAIK the CR123 lasts much longer than the CR-V3s. now, once you got a few shots under your belt you should know when to replace the CR123s before it dies on you. At a average price of $1.95 a piece you can afford to throw away 10-20 shots.

The arguement of "what if I missed a shot" doesn't make sense as well. If you think the shoot is that important, put a new set of 123s in before you start. when you're done, mark them, and put the old ones back. you should figure out the rest.

why risk the chance of messing up your SD9 over something like that?

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Chunsum J Choi said:
AFAIK the CR123 lasts much longer than the CR-V3s. now, once you
got a few shots under your belt you should know when to replace the
CR123s before it dies on you. At a average price of $1.95 a piece
you can afford to throw away 10-20 shots.
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Yes, I read that you only have to replace the CR-123a's twice a year or so. Not really a reason to 'upgrade' to the SD10's 'power everything with the battery tray, so that you can get less shots' modification... IMO. The light turned on for me when I read a post above that told of stripping the SD9 components to modify an SD10 to use CR-123a's. I'm looking forward to seeing how many shots that I can get with a Powerpack loaded with CR-V3's in my unmodified, CR-123a using SD9.
Owen
 
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