Meleica
Well-known
I have been using my G1 with 21 + 45 lenses with no issue. But I just got a black 90mm and boy does it take some time focusing to its closest point ( one meter ). Sounds like that little motor is working really hard to extend the lens barrel....is this normal ? New batteries make it better / faster ?
thanks
Dan
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thanks
Dan
My Contax G Price & Info Guide is:
http://members.aol.com/dcolucci/contaxg.htm
treehouse
Newbie
New batteries should help. They did for me. The 90 is much more battery-intensive than the smaller lens.
Tim
Tim
flipflop
Well-known
yeah the 90 does make some noise...but the pics are surely worth it!
Ken Ford
Refuses to suffer fools
I used to know a guy who had a G1 with 45mm and 90mm - he found using lithium AA batteries helped focus speed tremendously. They have more "oomph" for peak current draw.
flipflop
Well-known
How do you use lithium AA batteries in the G1? The G1's battery compartment will not fit 2 AA's, It takes CR2 info lithiums that are smaller and fatter than AA's? Does he have a battery pack he puts them in?
S
Socke
Guest
There is, or better was, an external battery holder for four AAs available. I use it often with NiMhs.
Ken Ford
Refuses to suffer fools
flipflop said:
I don't recall the details - this was several years ago. It came up in a conversation about amateur radio when I mentioned problems with a particular radio when using alkaline AAs. He turned me on to the lithium AAs which fixed my situation - voltage was dropping due to high current draw.
S
Socke
Guest
Ken the Contax G1 and G2 are powered by CR2 Lithium cells.
Ken Ford
Refuses to suffer fools
Socke said:
Hmmm. I wonder what camera he was referring to, then? I know he had a G1 at the time (I drooled over it more than once), but it may have been a different camera he was discussing.
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