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digital camera battery use
I am shopping for a new digital camera that would cost under $150.
My question, is the battery usage of all digital camera the same, or do some cameras need battery replacement less frequently than others? best, Aaron |
digital camera battery use
On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:54:13 -0800, "
wrote: I am shopping for a new digital camera that would cost under $150. My question, is the battery usage of all digital camera the same, or do some cameras need battery replacement less frequently than others? best, Aaron Generally speaking replacing batteries in a digital camera is not done. Digital cameras either use a rechargeable proprietary Lithium ion battery or use NIMH AA rechargeable. With the introduction of low self discharge NIMH batteries such as the Sanyo Eneloop or the Hybrid types I would lean toward these over the Lithium ions.. Lithium ion batteries work great but they are proprietary and start to slowly degrade from the time of their manufacturing. They'll do this even if they aren't used. After about five years a Lithium ion loses much of it's capacity. As far as non rechargeable go....many Digital cameras now days can use alkaline AA's, refer to the manual. Some can also use the non rechargeable Lithium AA's, refer to the manual. Why bother with these when you have a rechargeable choice. |
digital camera battery use
Thats why we have rechargeable batteries, so you don't have to go out and
buy AA's so many times. Cheaper in the long run too. My little P&S, uses the rechargeable. When were on vacation and I'm shooting heavy, I will recharge overnight remembering to put the charger back in my carry bag so I wont forget it in a Hotel. LOL I have gotten the Battery Low warning but it was at the end of a very long day. Doesn't happen too often but it does happen. On my DSLR, I will get a second battery. I didn't get one yesterday at the moment of purchase I guess I felt that I was buying too much at a time. LOL I'll wait, and just make sure I wont forget. Not4wood wrote in message ps.com... I am shopping for a new digital camera that would cost under $150. My question, is the battery usage of all digital camera the same, or do some cameras need battery replacement less frequently than others? best, Aaron |
digital camera battery use
On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:54:13 -0800
" wrote: I am shopping for a new digital camera that would cost under $150. My question, is the battery usage of all digital camera the same, or do some cameras need battery replacement less frequently than others? Two completely different questions. Digital cameras generally differ in their battery usage. There is a standard way to measure how many shots a camera can take on a fresh charge. The various camera review sites report these things. See http://www.dpreview.com, for example. It's probably true that for the typical snapshooter the camera will become obsolete before the batteries need replacement. Li-ion batteries are supposed to have useful lives of at least three years from date of manufacture. I have two that are 16 months old and doing fine. My experience with NiMH batteries is that it varies. I bought three sets of four in 2001 and rotated them through an Oly C-700. One set stopped holding a charge at about five years. The other two are rotating through a short wave radio to see how long they'll go. Paul Allen |
digital camera battery use
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digital camera battery use
LOL, thats why you have more then one. While one is dying you already have
a fully charged battery waiting to go. If its a real important job, you will have a charger setup in one corner some where charging the battery that was just pulled and another one or two still charged in your pocket also waiting to be used. If its an important job, you dont want to have packs of AA's flying around that might not last half as long as a fully recharged Lithium. Not4wood "Chris W" wrote in message ... wrote: On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:54:13 -0800, " wrote: I am shopping for a new digital camera that would cost under $150. My question, is the battery usage of all digital camera the same, or do some cameras need battery replacement less frequently than others? best, Aaron Generally speaking replacing batteries in a digital camera is not done. Just because you use rechargeable batteries doesn't mean you don't have to replace them. When the set in the camera go dead, you need to put a fresh set in. Unless you are willing to stop what you are doing and wait for the only set you have to recharge. I think the OP is looking for long battery life so he doesn't have to swap out a set of cells or recharge very often. Also all rechargeable cells can only be recharged a certain number of times before they need to be replaced. The more shots you can take before recharging the longer the cells are going to last. -- Chris W KE5GIX "Protect your digital freedom and privacy, eliminate DRM, learn more at http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm" Ham Radio Repeater Database. http://hrrdb.com |
digital camera battery use
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digital camera battery use
Not4wood wrote:
LOL, thats why you have more then one. While one is dying you already have a fully charged battery waiting to go. If its a real important job, you will have a charger setup in one corner some where charging the battery that was just pulled and another one or two still charged in your pocket also waiting to be used. If its an important job, you dont want to have packs of AA's flying around that might not last half as long as a fully recharged Lithium. No professional or prosumer digital SLRs use AA batteries, so I don't think any "important job" would have AA's anyway, unless someone is using AA trays in a vertical grip. In that case, the AA's are already in a tray and can be quickly swapped. though not easily recharged as you'd need two chargers or a six cell charger. I think that the only current production D-SLR that uses AA batteries is the Pentax K100D/K110D, which is a very entry-level model that no professional would ever use. |
digital camera battery use
On Nov 5, 3:55 am, "Not4wood" wrote:
LOL, thats why you have more then one. While one is dying you already have a fully charged battery waiting to go. If its a real important job, you will have a charger setup in one corner some where charging the battery that was just pulled and another one or two still charged in your pocket also waiting to be used. If its an important job, you dont want to have packs of AA's flying around that might not last half as long as a fully recharged Lithium. Not4wood "Chris W" wrote in message ... wrote: On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:54:13 -0800, " wrote: I am shopping for a new digital camera that would cost under $150. My question, is the battery usage of all digital camera the same, or do some cameras need battery replacement less frequently than others? best, Aaron Generally speaking replacing batteries in a digital camera is not done. Just because you use rechargeable batteries doesn't mean you don't have to replace them. When the set in the camera go dead, you need to put a fresh set in. Unless you are willing to stop what you are doing and wait for the only set you have to recharge. I think the OP is looking for long battery life so he doesn't have to swap out a set of cells or recharge very often. Also all rechargeable cells can only be recharged a certain number of times before they need to be replaced. The more shots you can take before recharging the longer the cells are going to last. -- Chris W KE5GIX "Protect your digital freedom and privacy, eliminate DRM, learn more athttp://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm" Ham Radio Repeater Database. http://hrrdb.com ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************* reply to all of the good people who answered my initial question: thank you thank you for your informative posts.! This morning I purchased a Sanyo Eneloop charger with 8 rechargeable batteries from Costco for about $25. On a different thread Eneloop was very highly recommended because the batteries do not lose their charge as others when not being used and come fully charged when purchased. Best, Aaron |
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