digital camera battery use

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

You won't be disappointed with these batteries. Read this thread :


A further advantage in using the AA's is if you happen to not have
your rechargeable at hand or ready you can always purchase a non
rechargeable set of AA's in either alkaline or the non rechargeable
version of a Lithium AA. Always consult your manual first before using
AA alkaline's or AA Lithium's. Some cameras do not recommend their
use. Most do.

SMS ???• ? wrote:

edited for brevity

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.

Hello, Steven:

You're wrong, sorry. The Pentax K100D, for example, can be considered a
"prosumer digital SLR," and it's "burdened" by AA cells.

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.

Oh, c'mon...how are you so certain that, NO pro photographer employs
such a Pentax DSLR?


Cordially,
John Turco

On Nov 9, 8:17 pm, John Turco wrote:


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.

Oh, c'mon...how are you so certain that, NO pro photographer employs
such a Pentax DSLR?

Cordially,
John Turco

I agree with John. I have known several professional photographers,
including ones working for large companies, who used pretty
inexpensive equipment. They had to show a profit on their work- they
could not spend a fortune. Gross income is not the main thing- profit
is- for pros.

Yet they took very fine pictures (some of them, anyway). A good
photographer learns the secret is NOT in the equipment, it is in the
eye and talent of the user.

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





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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).

SMS 斯蒂文• � posted to rec.photo.digital:

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.

Please make no arrogant ASSumptions.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota posted to
rec.photo.digital:

On Nov 9, 8:17 pm, John Turco wrote:


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.

Oh, c'mon...how are you so certain that, NO pro photographer
employs such a Pentax DSLR?

Cordially,
John Turco

I agree with John. I have known several professional photographers,
including ones working for large companies, who used pretty
inexpensive equipment. They had to show a profit on their work-
they
could not spend a fortune. Gross income is not the main thing-
profit is- for pros.

Yet they took very fine pictures (some of them, anyway). A good
photographer learns the secret is NOT in the equipment, it is in the
eye and talent of the user.

Staunchly agreed. I have only a handful of very good pics to my name,
but i have used all kinds of equipment. Sometimes it is just
opportunity, it is rarely the equipment.
Just the same, having good equipment to hand (not necessarily
expensive) does improve the odds when opportunity happens.

posted to rec.photo.digital:


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

You won't be disappointed with these batteries. Read this thread :


A further advantage in using the AA's is if you happen to not have
your rechargeable at hand or ready you can always purchase a non
rechargeable set of AA's in either alkaline or the non rechargeable
version of a Lithium AA. Always consult your manual first before
using AA alkaline's or AA Lithium's. Some cameras do not recommend
their use. Most do.

If you change that from recommend to support / allow i will buy-off on
it.
Many cameras have issues with the voltage difference that using NiCad
or NiMH (2.4V to 2.5V) instead of 3.3V (Li-ion / Li-Poly) dual
alkaline cell equivalent) recommended batteries.

A good
photographer learns the secret is NOT in the equipment, it is in the
eye and talent of the user.

I'm glad you posted this. After reading a few posts in this thread I
was begriming to think that the battery was the secret to good photos.

On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:16:14 -0500, wrote:
A good photographer learns the secret is NOT in the equipment, it is
in the eye and talent of the user.

I'm glad you posted this. After reading a few posts in this thread I
was begriming to think that the battery was the secret to good photos.

A large cardboard box and a hat pin. Don't need no steenkin batteries!