Batteries

[PeterSpencer]

Just worked through my battery inventory to check which batteries are well (this is not a problem associated exclusively with F&C I know).



I'm not sure how I accumulated all these cells but I'm sure that many were for photographic purposes, a lot of the units were bought for my current and previous film cameras and old flash units.

 

[NPUK]

Nice to see the old "Ever Ready" at the top. Have you had that one a while ? (as it takes me back to my childhood).

 

[PeterSpencer]

I kept it for reference as it used to power an old flashgun.

 

[excalibur2]

Just worked through my battery inventory to check which batteries are well (this is not a problem associated exclusively with F&C I know).

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I'm not sure how I accumulated all these cells but I'm sure that many were for photographic purposes, a lot of the units were bought for my current and previous film cameras and old flash units.

H'mm that reminds me I've gotta get some 2032 batteries

 

[Kevin Allan]

I really dislike batteries in cameras, and I go to great lengths to try to use cameries without them. Large format helps but my spot meter still needs a battery.

Perhaps it's not just the battery I dislike (the propensity to pine for the fjords) but the electronics they power, which are likely to stop working and be unrepairable.

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

...but the electronics they power, which are likely to stop working and be unrepairable.

I think it likely that the current generation of purely electronic cameras are more reliable than mechanical cameras in heavy use.

Electro-mechanical cameras can probably be assumed to suffer from the same weaknesses as purely mechanical systems, where similar components are used.

Repairability will, I assume, depend on which particular component of an electronic system fails.

 

[ChrisR]

I think it likely that the current generation of purely electronic cameras are more reliable than mechanical cameras in heavy use.

Electro-mechanical cameras can probably be assumed to suffer from the same weaknesses as purely mechanical systems, where similar components are used.

Repairability will, I assume, depend on which particular component of an electronic system fails.

Plenty of stories though of highly desirable electro-mechanical cameras bricking themselves with un-repairable electronics, sadly...

 

[excalibur2]

Plenty of stories though of highly desirable electro-mechanical cameras bricking themselves with un-repairable electronics, sadly...

H'mm one of the reasons for years have been pushing the Canon T70.....it's so cheap and any mech/electrical fault then throw it away. For me I don't care about looks but how a camera handles and can take excellent exposed shots.