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This New' Gizmo' Could Be Used For Digital Cameras!!

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john c.

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....In the July(?)2001 POPULARSCIENCE magazine,
look in "What's New?", and you'll see a short piece about
Motorola and Freeplay coming out with
a HAND-CRANK power module for cellular phones---Freeplay is the company marketing
two models of a 'no-batteries-needed' portable
radio...It may be only a matter of 2 years before we see a
small hand-cranking power supply which could
be plugged into a digital camera---no more
worries about the batteries going dead after
only shooting 20 pictures???!!!!

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This Gizmo Will Make You miss the shot! - Gochugogi 02:58:01 08/04/01 (2)
If batteries are a problem, a single use camera would be a better choice of camera. Or a nice manual/mechanical camera like a Nikon FM2N. Only one crank and you're ready! You'd surely miss the decisive moment by the time you charged your digital camera up with hand cranks (digital cameras are already slow enough).
Remember the hilarious "digital ready" speakers of the 1980s? I recently saw a "digital ready" tripod. Replace that old fashion analog tripod with a new "digital ready" tripod!
- Re: This Gizmo Will Make You miss the shot! - john c. 13:08:42 08/04/01 (1)
  ----The envisioned hand-crank power module would be
  used JUST LIKE a battery...STORING
  electric power for
  the digital camera to use at a moment's notice---
  what would be different is with the
  hand-crank module clipped onto your
  digital camera,NO BATTERIES
  WOULD BE NEEDED....cranking the power module
  would supply enough "juice"--stored-- for 20
  or 30 shots at a time.---Hasn't anyone seen the
  ads on the 'Net for the Freeplay radios?????
  - old good automatic watches - klaus 14:57:35 11/13/01 (0)
    What does it mean, 'No Batteries'. Something inside still stores that cranked-up energy, anyway?
    As for cellphones. Why use hand-crank at all? Batteries can be charged by flywheel, as long as you walk, like in automatic watches. It should be sufficient for standby, but not for long talks. Anyway, a nice advertizing twist: 'Finally, A CellPhone for a Man of Few Words'...

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