danedit28 Posted September 19, 2011 Share #1 Â Posted September 19, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I just ordered the Leica 14444 SF-24D TTL flash so I can have something small to carry around for travel... The manual says DL 123A or CR 123A 3V lithium batteries. Â Does anyone have success using rechargable 123A type batteries with this flash? I have been shooting with the nikon sb-900 for the past several years with the same set of 4 AA rechargeable batteries... I may be spoiled but I've easily put well over 20,000 pops on those $20 batteries and the thought of having to roll through disposable single-charge batteries for the SF-24D for every several hundred pops isn't appealing. Â Thanks for your feedback! -dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaapv Posted September 19, 2011 Share #2 Â Posted September 19, 2011 Rechargeable batteries don't work - I tried! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danedit28 Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share #3 Â Posted September 19, 2011 Thanks for the quick reply. Does the flash even turn on with the rechargeables? That is very weird. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 19, 2011 Share #4 Â Posted September 19, 2011 No-it appears dead. As a matter of fact I lost one that way. I chucked it in the bin thinking it was broken but in retrospect it was the rechargeables I put in...:mad: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted September 20, 2011 Share #5 Â Posted September 20, 2011 If you are using flash regularly, you will soon want something with more power. But if you, like me, is a dedicated 'available-lighter' who uses flash only occasionally, and mostly for fill, then I must say that the lithium batteries are an ideal power source. Not only is their capacity remarkably high, they also keep for at least six years. Â I buy mine at my local supermarket. Â The old man from the Age of the Lead-Acid Battery (yes, for electronic flash!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giordano Posted September 20, 2011 Share #6 Â Posted September 20, 2011 The old man from the Age of the Lead-Acid Battery (yes, for electronic flash!) Â Those dear dead days when you could identify a photographer by the acid burns on his suit! The good thing was that each cell had a built-in hydrometer so you could see the state of the battery at a glance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted September 20, 2011 Share #7 Â Posted September 20, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Those dear dead days when you could identify a photographer by the acid burns on his suit! The good thing was that each cell had a built-in hydrometer so you could see the state of the battery at a glance. Â Yes, and when we used magnesium powder we did not have to worry about those pesky batteries at all. I say, electricity was a big mistake. And those singed eyebrows did grow out again. Â The old man from the Age of Flashpowder Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted September 21, 2011 Share #8  Posted September 21, 2011 Yes, and when we used magnesium powder we did not have to worry about those pesky batteries at all. I say, electricity was a big mistake. And those singed eyebrows did grow out again. The old man from the Age of Flashpowder  Yes, those pesky batteries. Search out my battery-free flashes. I have six of them now. One fires three Mazda/Edison base bulbs at once. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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