RCJets is correct, but he is probably being a little bit too gentle with everyone.

NiCd batteries are vented and will vent (leak) if charged at too high a rate or to too high a level. They will also leak spontaneously when old...usually because the relief valve in the vent fatigues and fails. This material is very corrosive to contacts and wiring. NiMh batteries also leaked occasionally, but much more rarely. Seems that their design was better and more mature, and their chargers better controlled what went on between them and the battery.

Lithium and its compounds are very reactive. Elemental lithium will react spontaneously with air. Some of the compounds may, as well.These batteries are sealed and will not leak. They may swell and rupture, and if they do rupture, there is very likely to be a very energetic reaction with the air. A swelled battery is on the path to rupture, and it is dangerous to handle it. DO NOT EVER drill into a swelled lithium battery or grab it with pliers or similar tools. You could easily find yourself on fire.

I do not ask anyone to take my word on this. Do some reading about lithium and its compounds in a reliable reference source. Don't end up a charred pile of residue just to try to prove a point.

I had to use a long nose pliers to remove the battery from its slot where it pops up because of spring action. The last shoot was only a month ago. How could it expand that fast. Battery is one recommended by Fujifilm.
I know manuals say to remove batteries when not in use for an EXTENDED PERIOD of time. How long is that?
Can you restore the enlarged battery to its former size? Hoggers here who have several cameras: how sure are you that a battery is not “hulking” in one of them. Do you have a method?

When you are looking at an image in your editor you are looking at the full size image.

When exporting the image as a JPEG, it might end up looking different if it is resized to save space, depending on the amount of detail present. It can also make a difference in the print.

The next post shows three different sizes of the same finely detailed high contrast B&W image. You might see the difference in the thumbnails.

If you download the images and look at them without pixel peeping, you can see how much resizing altered the appearance of the image. The difference also shows up when I print the three images.

First of all I have lost count of how much money I have happily spent at BnH. Every single experience I have had at BnH has been positive. Absolutely no complaints from me what so ever. So what's going on now?

I opened a Payboo account. With this account you can buy what you want, and depending on how much you spend you get so many months of interest free payments.

I bought $6200.00 worth of new gear expecting several months to pay it off so I wouldn't by paying any interest.

I received my first invoice today from Payboo and they charged me $134.00 in interest.

I am not done with BnH by any means. Since i don't have $6,000 sitting around to pay this off tomorow I guess I have no other option except to withdraw money from my pension account to pay off this balance and say good bye to Payboo.

So what's up BnH?

Generally, copyright protection is to ensure an artists's/cartonists's/author's work is not used by someone else for monetary gain without permission or compensation. Although I can see where it's technically illegal (like jaywalking) once a piece is on the internet, I'm sure the originator is aware his/her work is going to be shared.

For an environmental conference I was organizing I once contacted Larson's office to ask if we could reproduce a cartoon as part of the advertising for the conference. I explained we were a not-for-profit organization (NH Dept. of Environmental Services), we would not use the cartoon to make money and it would benefit the environment. Larson's staff was sympathetic and said they understood his work was commonly reproduced for a variety of reasons but preferrd we wouldn't use his work as a general policy. They stopped short of saying they'd take legal action if we did. We ended up honoring their request.