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Let me add my 2 cents. As everyone has mentioned, the original charger is a joke. However I have found the batteries to be alright for their rated 1700mah when charged with a decent charger. I am currently using a Powerex MH-C401FS (great for traveling, as it's fairly compact) and their MH-C777Plus-II for more serious conditioning,
Even with the Sanyo 1700mah batteries I get over 110 shots during average shooting conditions. I had not used my camera in two weeks when I shot around 40 frames, but I just checked and it still has sufficient operating juice.
How do you have the power settings? I usually set the camera to shut off after 2 minutes of no use. If you have it set to not sleep automatically, you could be getting lots more drain than necessary.
If you're draining properly charged batteries after two days under absolute shut down conditions, either your particukar batteries have gone bad, or (Heaven forbid!) the camera is defective.
My advice:
1. Get a good charger. I got mine through
http://www.batterysupply.com
2. Charge-discharge cycle the new Sony batteries through two or three times (I believe NiMH batteries do need to get some break-in to achieve their full capacity) then charge them over-night and try them. If you still get the abnormal drain, I would have the body checked by Contax.
As far as mirror speed, I do not notice a difference from 1/60th or faster, but do under 1/30th. It is a mechanical thinghy with much more inertia than the shutter, so it will never quite catch up after a certain speed. 1/60th = 17ms seems reasonable to me.
Enjoy your ND and learn to love it's couple of idiocyncrasies - I certainly do!
DJ
Let me add my 2 cents. As everyone has mentioned, the original charger is a joke. However I have found the batteries to be alright for their rated 1700mah when charged with a decent charger. I am currently using a Powerex MH-C401FS (great for traveling, as it's fairly compact) and their MH-C777Plus-II for more serious conditioning,
Even with the Sanyo 1700mah batteries I get over 110 shots during average shooting conditions. I had not used my camera in two weeks when I shot around 40 frames, but I just checked and it still has sufficient operating juice.
How do you have the power settings? I usually set the camera to shut off after 2 minutes of no use. If you have it set to not sleep automatically, you could be getting lots more drain than necessary.
If you're draining properly charged batteries after two days under absolute shut down conditions, either your particukar batteries have gone bad, or (Heaven forbid!) the camera is defective.
My advice:
1. Get a good charger. I got mine through
http://www.batterysupply.com
2. Charge-discharge cycle the new Sony batteries through two or three times (I believe NiMH batteries do need to get some break-in to achieve their full capacity) then charge them over-night and try them. If you still get the abnormal drain, I would have the body checked by Contax.
As far as mirror speed, I do not notice a difference from 1/60th or faster, but do under 1/30th. It is a mechanical thinghy with much more inertia than the shutter, so it will never quite catch up after a certain speed. 1/60th = 17ms seems reasonable to me.
Enjoy your ND and learn to love it's couple of idiocyncrasies - I certainly do!
DJ