Modern Nikon D-SLR camera that takes standard AA batteries

 I currently own the Nikon D50 but I'm sick and tired of the stock
EN-EL3battery going dead after only a day or two on the road (I use the
flash on every shot). Even carrying an extra EN-EL3a doesn't solve the
problem as it goes dead just two days later, leaving me in the lurch not
even a week into my trip.

It wouldn't be so bad to be forced to carry the bulky MH-18a Nikon battery
charger everywhere I go when on vacation except that I have to also carry
all the other different chargers my cell phones and those of my kids, my
video camera, my computer, my PDA, my skype phone charger, my usb hub, etc.

It's just too many freakin' chargers. I'm trying to standardize on just AA
and USB for all my hand-held electronics accessorites.

So, I'm ditching the Nikon D50 for a digital SLR that takes AA batteries. I
found a few from Fuji and Pentax but none from Nikon. Did I miss something?

So, I ask:
Is there a modern D-SLR camera from Nikon (one that takes AA batteries)?
Or, at least a modern AA battery pack for the Nikon D50 D-SLR?

TIA,
Amanda W.

  On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 23:10:13 -0400, J. Clarke wrote:


Oh my. I had previously searched the Nikon web site and did not find any AA
adapters for the Nikon D50 D-SLR but I do now see these $50 non-Nikon D50
AA adapters now, thanks to you.

It seems these Nikon D50 AA adapters pack astoundingly more cost:power
using the $12 dollar 6 NiMH 1.35v 2400mAh AA batteries than they do when
holding the proprietary $150 dollar 2 EN-EL3 7.4v 1400mAh lithium ion or 2
EN-EL3a 7.4v 1500mAh lithium ion batteries.

(Amazon.com product link shortened)

Is my math correct? Those of you who use these Nikon D50 AA adapters, do
you get roughly the same amount of power (2400mAh) out of twelve dollars of
NiMH AA batteries as you do with one hundred and fifty dollars of
proprietary lithium ion EN-EL3a (1500 mAh x2 = 3000 mAh)?

TIA,
Amanda W.

 On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 20:11:05 -0400, Rina wrote:


Does anyone know if we can recharge the Nikon D50 proprietary atteries
using the mini USB connector in the camera?

All my new hand-held gadgets are mini-USB (i.e., Motorola cellphone,
earpiece, PDA, SD/CF card reader, etc.).

If Nikon engineers haven't thought of this yet, does any other digital SLR
recharge through the mini-USB connector in the camera? If not, why not? We
have to bring the Windows PC along anyway to dump the 2 GB Scan Disc Ultra
II SD card onto the laptop. We may as well charge all our apparatus off the
one PC charger via the USB ports.

If this hasn't been thought of yet by either the D-SLR consumer or by the
D-SLR manufacturers, how would we get them to consider this vast
improvement (this quantum leap is on the order of adding luggage wheels to
all my suitcases in the past twenty years).

TIA,
Amanda W.

 What is the point in playing silly buggers with the followups ?


Unlikely.


Basically because the 500ma limit with USB is too low to be viable with a camera.


Corse they have considered it.

 
Since the Nikon battery seems to be 7.4 volts and the USB voltage
seems to be 5 volts, I'd say say the short answer is "no".



Manufacturers strive to make their cameras small and lightweight.
If you want the battery charger to be part of your camera, then glue
it to the bottom of the camera.

Don