Not4wood posted to rec.photo.digital:

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
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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.
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There are different situations. If reliable power and recharging
equipment is handy it is very difficult to beat three (sets) of
Li-Poly batteries. If you are are out in the woods two boxes of AA
could be best. Proper preparation prevents poor performance. (The P5
rule).