Steve F700 Ownership Questions

Mike Marriage · December 22nd, 2008, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Simon Wyndham

I don't want to rip into the company here as I have not physically taken apart any of their gear, but I haven't been hearing good things about the build quality of devices such as their chargers.

The batteries themselves seem fine though and power my camera (DSR450) for hours and hours . I can easily go a whole day of normal shooting on one battery. Their more expensive chargers look better made. The bats were incredible value. (Just don't buy the cheapy plastic charger!)

The 190Wh may be a good solution with the PDW700 but I hope others will chime in with their experiences with Swit.

Alister Chapman · December 23rd, 2008, 08:39 AM

That's camera on, recording for 40-60% of the time, average take of a couple of minutes so around a 25gb disc full.

I have a dual channel swit multi chemistry charger and a couple of 160 Wh NiMh swit batts. I've had them for 4 years. The charger is fine but the batts are getting tired now.

Robert Schemitsch · December 30th, 2008, 08:17 AM

I have a couple of the Swit 8110S since summer 2005, so more than 3.5 years now. I used it on a DSR400 and since spring2007 on a PDW350. No problems so far. But the 350 is taking much more power than the 400. I can recommend the Swit-Batteries to everyone.

Ivan Snoeckx · December 31st, 2008, 01:40 PM

I'm going to get some of these Omega Power Systems batteries in a couple of days. The 192Wh for my camera and a 95Wh to power up my ENG audio mixer. They are distributed by Bebob Broadcast Engineering in Germany, so they must be good. They also have a Powertap connector for powering up other equipment.

Steve Phillipps · December 31st, 2008, 02:52 PM

Those batteries look very classy, but according to Bebob they're 435 euros, the SWIT one with the same spec is about 270 euros I think.
Steve

Simon Wyndham · December 31st, 2008, 08:17 PM

Hmmmm. Not so sure about those. Systems like the SWIT, AB etc can have several batteries automatically charging simultaneously or automatically one after the other. If these batteries have an integrated charger, yet still require a separate charger for simultaneous power up, then is extra money being spent on features that aren't needed? My AB's can also be charged much quicker than these.

December 23rd, 2008, 08:39 AM	#17
Alister Chapman Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bracknell, Berkshire, UK Posts: 4,957	That's camera on, recording for 40-60% of the time, average take of a couple of minutes so around a 25gb disc full. I have a dual channel swit multi chemistry charger and a couple of 160 Wh NiMh swit batts. I've had them for 4 years. The charger is fine but the batts are getting tired now. __________________ Alister Chapman, Film-Maker/Stormchaser http://www.xdcam-user.com/alisters-blog/ My XDCAM site and blog. http://www.hurricane-rig.com

December 30th, 2008, 08:17 AM	#18
Robert Schemitsch Regular Crew Join Date: May 2007 Location: Graz, Austria Posts: 44	I have a couple of the Swit 8110S since summer 2005, so more than 3.5 years now. I used it on a DSR400 and since spring2007 on a PDW350. No problems so far. But the 350 is taking much more power than the 400. I can recommend the Swit-Batteries to everyone.

December 31st, 2008, 01:40 PM	#19
Ivan Snoeckx Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Belgium \| Europe Posts: 441	I'm going to get some of these Omega Power Systems batteries in a couple of days. The 192Wh for my camera and a 95Wh to power up my ENG audio mixer. They are distributed by Bebob Broadcast Engineering in Germany, so they must be good. They also have a Powertap connector for powering up other equipment.

December 31st, 2008, 02:52 PM	#20
Steve Phillipps Inner Circle Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wales Posts: 2,130	Those batteries look very classy, but according to Bebob they're 435 euros, the SWIT one with the same spec is about 270 euros I think. Steve

December 31st, 2008, 08:17 PM	#21
Simon Wyndham Trustee Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Malvern UK Posts: 1,931	Hmmmm. Not so sure about those. Systems like the SWIT, AB etc can have several batteries automatically charging simultaneously or automatically one after the other. If these batteries have an integrated charger, yet still require a separate charger for simultaneous power up, then is extra money being spent on features that aren't needed? My AB's can also be charged much quicker than these.