I haven't seen such problems, although I've never paid close attention. I believe once I've gone with at least 2.5 GB of RAW and JPEG images (more than 200 images) on a single charge within one evening, and the NiHMs were not exhausted yet.
On several other occasions, I've done definitely well over 100 images (RAW) within one day without any worries for the batteries. (I didn't or almost didn't used the built-in flash in those cases). One set of my NiMHs is 2500 mAh and just about 6 months old. The other two are, IIRC, 2000-2100 and 2300, and ~2years old. The only instance where I had to change the batteries while shooting was when I was using the built-in flash for (almost) every shot (as a trigger for an external one). In your case, could it be a faulty instance of a DS? Igor Mon, 16 Jan 2006 22:35:43 -0800 P. J. Alling wrote: I've been using the *ist-Ds while my D needs repair and it seems to me that the Ds sucks down batteries much faster the the D ever did. Anyone else have any comparable experience. As an example, I could put a set of 2500 mah NiHMs into my D and go for a week of light use or several hundred exposures before having to worry about running out of power. With the Ds I'm lucky to go a day, and couple of hundred, more likely less than a hundred exposures before switching batteries. The batteries are about a year old, but they are the same ones I was using in the D which was still working well with them before I stopped using it. Just curious about anyone else's experience.
