... on increasing for ever. Presumably the sheep in these parts can read: 2_221801_040000000.jpg To be fair, they have planted some new hedgerows, but it will be a few years before they amount to much. As a boy I was able to wander and explore anywhere -- I survived, and so did the countryside. What is the environmental cost of making all those photo-voltaic cells? Maybe if they moved the rows of panels a bit further apart they could get a few rows of cabbages in between each row. 2_221810_350000000.jpg I haven't had any battery problems at all with the X100F and never think about it. Yesterday I took 249 images with no noticeable effect on the battery level. It recharged via the USB in about an hour after I used it to transfer the images. The X100F has a higher battery voltage and capacity than the earlier models. But the way it's used does make a big difference. I mostly use only the optical viewfinder, flicking to the EVF only very occasionally, and I use the rear LCD only to check ...