It takes 30 seconds to change a battery and the camera is tied up for 3 hours with in-camera charging. I think the craze for in-camera charging stems from phones with fixed batteries that you have to charge in the phone. Can't imagine any serious camera user not having extra batteries and a charger.
And check the cable you’re using, it might not send the right handshake (be it simple resistors between the lines or a full fledged micro controller) for the 9V capability.
The absence of in-camera charging isn't a deal breaker by any means but it is a useful extra. I don't use the in-camera charging when at home but it's convenient when travelling. When I travel with my wife on a birding trip, we take a 3 position cradle, a 45 watt Apple USB charger, 2x35 watt 2-outlet Apple chargers and we can charge 5 batteries simultaneously along with 2 iPads, 2 iPhones and my laptop with enough leads and we have back-ups if any of the chargers fail. (We take 8x LP-E6NHs for 2 cameras). You can plug in your camera to the laptop to download, and leave it plugged and it will then charge via the MacBook.
Viewfinders are a 20th century invention. The great photographers of yesteryear used the rear screen of the camera to focus and compose. Not that I ever use the rear screen myself, but I think those pioneers were real photographers.
However, those are not the people that use the M50 and M6 Mk 2. Supposedly the R100 is trying desparately to attract. The M series cameras used by vloggers and content creators are still presently selling for $900 USD or more. Content creators spend more the L499 on their equipment. Even outfitting ones smartphone with attachable lenses and filters will cost well over that small difference. However the R100 falls far short of replacing the M50 or M6mk2. The form factor with EVF hump isn't compact gimbal friendly either.
Nope, your 3 year old's camera is just grooming him for a stupid phone that you can't take the battery out to charge. The complainers have been programmed to accept the idea of a phone with an irreplaceable battery even though it costs them more in both time an money (particularly when they have to send it back to Apple or whoever for battery replacement). Laptops have gone down the same road and that is really annoying. My flip phone still has a replaceable battery.
That is why I keep spare batteries. For a phone, it is handy to have both options. Recharge at night in phone, but a spare (or 2) for long conversations or long periods off grid. For a camera, the battery life is much shorter in high-use situations, so spare batteries are essential. The permanent in-phone battery problem has been somewhat mitigated by power banks, but now you have a brick bigger than the phone to carry around. An Olympus TG series camera is a good example of how a phone could be built. My TG6 has a removable battery that can be charged in the phone or out. It has external jacks and actual controls but will still survive (and operate) 50 ft under water.
I am sure I have heard of a 3 year old biting a battery and getting some wonderful exposure to. It must be in everyone's benefit to not have a removable battery in products marketed for under eight years or so...Nope, your 3 year old's camera is just grooming him for a stupid phone that you can't take the battery out to charge. The complainers have been programmed to accept the idea of a phone with an irreplaceable battery even though it costs them more in both time an money (particularly when they have to send it back to Apple or whoever for battery replacement). Laptops have gone down the same road and that is really annoying. My flip phone still has a replaceable battery.
If I didn’t need constant email access for work, I would trade in my iPhone for that Nokia with the battery that lasted over a week and had the snake game.Nope, your 3 year old's camera is just grooming him for a stupid phone that you can't take the battery out to charge. The complainers have been programmed to accept the idea of a phone with an irreplaceable battery even though it costs them more in both time an money (particularly when they have to send it back to Apple or whoever for battery replacement). Laptops have gone down the same road and that is really annoying. My flip phone still has a replaceable battery.
The point is that it has abundant controls and access, but is still really weatherproof. My only complaint is that it has a focus bracket, but no exposure bracket and if you take the effort to manually shoot an exposure bracket with it, you can get some remarkable results in harsh light. Even a 2 shot bracket at normal exposure and 2 stops under works wonders, but -2,0,+2 will capture a lot of dynamic range. The TG7 doesn't have exposure bracket either, so no point in upgrading. My one gripe aside, I do really like that little camera.
My 3 year old belligerently refuses to put on pants but doesn’t eat batteries and tells me if I eat more strawberries, I’ll turn into a strawberry, so she’s pretty much the same as the average adult now.I'll go along with that for 3, but by 5 they need to learn what not to eat.
Interesting point and yes of course! Although I doubt it's a distinction many R100 buyers would worry about.
