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Canon A570IS, 200 shots on eneloop, 10 shots on Alkaline
I lent our A570IS to a relative for a cruise to Alaska. She didn't want
to take the NiMH batteries and charger, so I told her to bring plenty of disposable AA Alkaline batteries, which she didn't, so she was buying AA batteries on the ship (I cringe to think of the price that Princess must charge for AA batteries). She came back today, complaining that the camera would only take "a few" pictures on a set of AA batteries and that she stopped using it rather than buying AA batteries on the ship. I've never used Alkaline AA batteries in this camera, but an older A60 uses four AA alkaline batteries without any problems, giving about 150 shots per set. In the A570IS I always use either NiMH or lithium AA cells as a back-up (though now that spare lithium AA batteries aren't allowed in checked luggage, I only keep one emergency set with the camera) and don't take along a couple of four packs). I wonder if this is normal with AA alkaline batteries and this camera. Alkaline batteries have very high internal resistance, and don't last as long in high-current applications as NiMH, but surely they should be good for more than 10 shots or so. |
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Canon A570IS, 200 shots on eneloop, 10 shots on Alkaline
SMS wrote:
I lent our A570IS to a relative for a cruise to Alaska. She didn't want to take the NiMH batteries and charger, so I told her to bring plenty of disposable AA Alkaline batteries, which she didn't, so she was buying AA batteries on the ship (I cringe to think of the price that Princess must charge for AA batteries). She came back today, complaining that the camera would only take "a few" pictures on a set of AA batteries and that she stopped using it rather than buying AA batteries on the ship. I've never used Alkaline AA batteries in this camera, but an older A60 uses four AA alkaline batteries without any problems, giving about 150 shots per set. In the A570IS I always use either NiMH or lithium AA cells as a back-up (though now that spare lithium AA batteries aren't allowed in checked luggage, I only keep one emergency set with the camera) and don't take along a couple of four packs). I wonder if this is normal with AA alkaline batteries and this camera. Alkaline batteries have very high internal resistance, and don't last as long in high-current applications as NiMH, but surely they should be good for more than 10 shots or so. I'm not familiar with the model quoted, but it must surely be more economical on battery drain than my A95. I started to run a test a while back to see how many shots I could get out of a set of alkalines. I gave up and removed them at 150 shots to replace them with the then newly purchased eneloops. I would always recommend the latter over alkalines, but alkalines should work in a pinch. Obviously results will vary with flash and display usage. Dave Cohen |
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Canon A570IS, 200 shots on eneloop, 10 shots on Alkaline
On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 06:54:34 -0700 (PDT), ransley wrote:
I lent our A570IS to a relative for a cruise to Alaska. She didn't want to take the NiMH batteries and charger, so I told her to bring plenty of disposable AA Alkaline batteries, which she didn't, so she was buying AA batteries on the ship (I cringe to think of the price that Princess must charge for AA batteries). She came back today, complaining that the camera would only take "a few" pictures on a set of AA batteries and that she stopped using it rather than buying AA batteries on the ship. . . . I wonder if this is normal with AA alkaline batteries and this camera. Alkaline batteries have very high internal resistance, and don't last as long in high-current applications as NiMH, but surely they should be good for more than 10 shots or so. Thats what happens when you lend a camera to someone who makes no effort to understand the camera fully. With flash? what was the temperature, with IS on, autofocus, Lcd, alot of reviewing, and someone who doesnt know how to use a camera, who knows. Someone who thinks can use settings that dont drain batteries as fast. What brand and age were the batteries, I recently bought old ones that were not very good. Alkaline to me dont work well. Expect only misleading answers from this self professed "battery expert", whose main purpose in life seems to be to disparage AA batteries at every opportunity. In normal conditions, Canon says that the A570 IS is CIPA rated (1/2 shots use flash at full power) at 120 images using alkaline AA batteries and 400 images using NiMH batteries. If the viewfinder is used instead of the LCD monitor, the number of shots goes up to 400 and 900 images, respectively, when using a pair of alkaline and NiMH cells. SMS has frequently talked about alkalines doing poorly in cold weather (which Canon's manual also mentions), so it would be quite odd if he didn't warn his princess on the Princess about what to expect in Alaska. Of course his question is disingenuous. I'm sure that he knows quite well that getting only 10 shots from alkaline batteries is not normal, except in decidedly abnormal conditions. It's a shame that he had to resort to making his relative look like a dunce in order to make his bogus point about AA alkalines. If cold weather was the contributing factor, the A570 IS's manual offers a solution - warming the batteries in a pocket before use. I also wonder about the validity of his claim that spare lithium AA batteries aren't allowed to be packed in checked luggage. I've heard about that being a requirement for rechargeable Li-Ion batteries with baggage checked on airlines. Is this also true on cruise ships for AA batteries? It should be noted that unlike larger Li-Ion batteries, lithium AA cells are internally limited to fairly low currents, so accidental short circuits shouldn't be as potentially dangerous as shorted NiCad or NiMH cells. |
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Canon A570IS, 200 shots on eneloop, 10 shots on Alkaline
ransley wrote:
You miss understand what I said, I in no way put down AA rechargeables, all I use is AA, Sanyo Eneloop, or Energiser NiMh. Depending on location in Alaska it could be 45f for a high around now. I recently bought new what were outdated Alkaline cells that after one month wont run a tv remote, but we have no idea how this person used the camera or how much time they reviewed their shots with the Lcd. I suspect poor battery performance was from a lack of the persons understanding many issues on cameras, settings and batteries. I'm sure the LCD was being used to frame the shot, not the viewfinder, and that no effort was made to turn off the flash. However the time spent reviewing the photos on the LCD was minimal. I guess that it's possible that the batteries sold on the ship were old, but alkalines have a very long shelf life. The A60 used four AA batteries, the A570IS uses two, despite having a larger LCD and other power-consuming features. When I get the camera back I'm going to try it with alkalines, something I never tried (I use lithium AAs as a backup, and they work fine). I wish some reviews would include battery life for NiMH, Lithium, and alkaline AAs. Now the typical review says something like "The alkalines that come in the box will quickly find their way into the trash." I don't mind AA rechargeables now that low-discharge NiMH batteries are so widely available and so cheap, but I didn't expect alkalines to be as bad as they are. |
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Canon A570IS, 200 shots on eneloop, 10 shots on Alkaline
On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:25:29 -0700 (PDT), ransley wrote:
You miss understand what I said, I in no way put down AA rechargeables, all I use is AA, Sanyo Eneloop, or Energiser NiMh. Depending on location in Alaska it could be 45f for a high around now. I recently bought new what were outdated Alkaline cells that after one month wont run a tv remote, but we have no idea how this person used the camera or how much time they reviewed their shots with the Lcd. I suspect poor battery performance was from a lack of the persons understanding many issues on cameras, settings and batteries. No, you misunderstood what I wrote. It was critical of SMS's post, not *your* reply. If you re-read what I wrote, I think you'll see that I agreed with what you wrote. My point was that by trying to reason with SMS you were wasting your time, since he is quite aware of the points that you made, and HE, not YOU is the one that looks for opportunities to disparage AA batteries. Since lithium AA batteries not only offer provide much better life than other AA types but also offer far better performance in cold weather (better even than Li-Ion batteries), he could have slipped a pair in the A570 IS. If he also preset the camera so the flash wouldn't automatically go off when taking pictures in bright daylight, the camera might have been able to take 600 or more shots with those batteries. Putting another 4 lithium AA cells in a small, inexpensive flashlight (torch) instead of packing loose spares in checked baggage could have allowed his photo-noob female relative to take up to a couple of thousand shots, without having to bring along a charger or buy extra alkalines at inflated "Princess" prices. I'll repeat, SMS knew much more than he let on in his disingenuous post. It's just another of his typical trolls and for all we know, could have been completely fabricated. |
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Canon A570IS, 200 shots on eneloop, 10 shots on Alkaline
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SMS wrote: I wish some reviews would include battery life for NiMH, Lithium, and alkaline AAs. Now the typical review says something like "The alkalines that come in the box will quickly find their way into the trash." http://www.powerstream.com/AA-tests.htm is the only such test I've run across so far. I don't mind AA rechargeables now that low-discharge NiMH batteries are so widely available and so cheap, but I didn't expect alkalines to be as bad as they are. They really aren't well-suited for high-current applications. The discharge tests show that at an average current-consumption rate of 1 ampere, a typical AA alkaline cell seems to lose roughly 1/2 of its rated capacity. At even higher current levels (e.g. average 2 amps) the loss is even higher. Good NiMH cells, on the other hand, lose relatively little of their rated capacity even at a high (e.g. 1C) discharge rate. I'd only use alkaline AAs in a digital camera as a last resort, under "Oh futz, I'm entirely out of anything better" conditions. I've settled on a combination of low-discharge NiMH for regular "keep the camera handy around the house" use, and AA lithium disposables for "overseas travel, weight is important and we don't want to bring along a charger and wall-plug adapters" use. -- Dave Platt AE6EO Friends of Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads! |
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Canon A570IS, 200 shots on eneloop, 10 shots on Alkaline
ransley wrote:
On Jul 7, 5:15 am, SMS wrote: I lent our A570IS to a relative for a cruise to Alaska. She didn't want to take the NiMH batteries and charger, so I told her to bring plenty of disposable AA Alkaline batteries, which she didn't, so she was buying AA batteries on the ship (I cringe to think of the price that Princess must charge for AA batteries). She came back today, complaining that the camera would only take "a few" pictures on a set of AA batteries and that she stopped using it rather than buying AA batteries on the ship. I've never used Alkaline AA batteries in this camera, but an older A60 uses four AA alkaline batteries without any problems, giving about 150 shots per set. In the A570IS I always use either NiMH or lithium AA cells as a back-up (though now that spare lithium AA batteries aren't allowed in checked luggage, I only keep one emergency set with the camera) and don't take along a couple of four packs). I wonder if this is normal with AA alkaline batteries and this camera. Alkaline batteries have very high internal resistance, and don't last as long in high-current applications as NiMH, but surely they should be good for more than 10 shots or so. Thats what happens when you lend a camera to someone who makes no effort to understand the camera fully. With flash? what was the temperature, with IS on, autofocus, Lcd, alot of reviewing, and someone who doesnt know how to use a camera, who knows. Someone who thinks can use settings that dont drain batteries as fast. What brand and age were the batteries, I recently bought old ones that were not very good. Alkaline to me dont work well. When I bought my first digital p&s camera (Olympus 3030) a few years back, I didn't have rechargeables with me and wanted to try it out. I put in 4 alkalines (fresh) and started taking pictures while my wife continued shopping. Fifteen (15) shots and they were dead. Different cameras seem to have different drain characteristics. A Nikon Coolpix that uses 2 AA batteries delivers about 1/2 the shots of rechargables when powered via alkaline. Clair |
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Canon A570IS, 200 shots on eneloop, 10 shots on Alkaline
Clair Johnston wrote:
When I bought my first digital p&s camera (Olympus 3030) a few years back, I didn't have rechargeables with me and wanted to try it out. I put in 4 alkalines (fresh) and started taking pictures while my wife continued shopping. Fifteen (15) shots and they were dead. Different cameras seem to have different drain characteristics. A Nikon Coolpix that uses 2 AA batteries delivers about 1/2 the shots of rechargables when powered via alkaline. Yes, I think that the A570 IS probably has the typical digital camera profile of demanding high current for brief periods of time, something that alkalines are particularly bad at providing. Canon shouldn't even provide alkalines in the box, they should just tell the user to use NiMH or Lithium AAs. |
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Canon A570IS, 200 shots on eneloop, 10 shots on Alkaline
On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:25:28 -0700, SMS wrote:
I wish some reviews would include battery life for NiMH, Lithium, and alkaline AAs. Now the typical review says something like "The alkalines that come in the box will quickly find their way into the trash." I don't mind AA rechargeables now that low-discharge NiMH batteries are so widely available and so cheap, but I didn't expect alkalines to be as bad as they are. They aren't. There have been many cameras, including several other Canon Powershots, that for several years have been able to take from many hundreds to over a thousand shots per set of AA batteries. As the camera was yours, all you needed to do was look in your A570 IS's manual to see what kind of battery life alkaline AA cells provide. As a self-professed battery expert that even has a website dedicated to praising Li-Ion batteries and finding fault wherever possible with AA batteries, your professed ignorance of your own camera's battery performance doesn't ring true. A reputable researcher, upon discovering such unbelievable results, would do a quick test to verify them, before brazenly announcing to the world in his message's subject line : Canon A570IS, 200 shots on eneloop, 10 shots on Alkaline but for you, this is nothing new. According to Canon's tests, it would be more like 400 shots on their 2,500mAh NiMH cells, 120 shots using alkalines, and 320 shots using Eneloops, taking into account their smaller (2,000mAh) capacity. It's interesting that your figures represent a mixture of your experience using Eneloops, and your female relative's anecdotal account of only getting 10 shots from alkalines. You obviously shoot the same way that your relative does, where "no effort was made to turn off the flash". I'm pleased to know that you can't claim that your filters prevented you from seeing my reply, since it was quoted in its entirety in ransley's post, which you did read. Don't disappear, hear? The more frequently you return, the more people will see reasons why you can't and shouldn't be trusted. |
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Canon A570IS, 200 shots on eneloop, 10 shots on Alkaline
SMS wrote:
ransley wrote: You miss understand what I said, I in no way put down AA rechargeables, all I use is AA, Sanyo Eneloop, or Energiser NiMh. Depending on location in Alaska it could be 45f for a high around now. I recently bought new what were outdated Alkaline cells that after one month wont run a tv remote, but we have no idea how this person used the camera or how much time they reviewed their shots with the Lcd. I suspect poor battery performance was from a lack of the persons understanding many issues on cameras, settings and batteries. I'm sure the LCD was being used to frame the shot, not the viewfinder, and that no effort was made to turn off the flash. However the time spent reviewing the photos on the LCD was minimal. I guess that it's possible that the batteries sold on the ship were old, but alkalines have a very long shelf life. The A60 used four AA batteries, the A570IS uses two, despite having a larger LCD and other power-consuming features. When I get the camera back I'm going to try it with alkalines, something I never tried (I use lithium AAs as a backup, and they work fine). I wish some reviews would include battery life for NiMH, Lithium, and alkaline AAs. Now the typical review says something like "The alkalines that come in the box will quickly find their way into the trash." I don't mind AA rechargeables now that low-discharge NiMH batteries are so widely available and so cheap, but I didn't expect alkalines to be as bad as they are. In my Canon Powershot AA-using A300 I only get about a dozen shots on a cold day. But after putting the batteries in a warm pocket for five minutes I'll get several more. And so on. If I'm shooting in the cold I'll usually keep rotating three sets through the camera and a warm pocket to keep the thing going. -- Chris Malcolm DoD #205 IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/] |
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