Why can't you plug a digicam into the wall to charge the batteries?

You don't need a separate charger to charge a cellphone battery. You just
attach an AC adapter to the phone and plug it into the wall.

So why can't you do that for digital cameras?

escribio:

You don't need a separate charger to charge a cellphone battery. You just
attach an AC adapter to the phone and plug it into the wall.

You do need a charger to charge a cellphone battery! the only diference
with a digicam battery is the relative position of it.

So why can't you do that for digital cameras?

Don't get your point.

--
chidalgo

escribio:

You don't need a separate charger to charge a cellphone battery. You just
attach an AC adapter to the phone and plug it into the wall.

You do need a charger to charge a cellphone battery! the only diference
with a digicam battery is the relative position of it.

So why can't you do that for digital cameras?

Don't get your point.

--
chidalgo

wrote:
You don't need a separate charger to charge a cellphone battery. You just
attach an AC adapter to the phone and plug it into the wall.

In some cases...

So why can't you do that for digital cameras?

Some can. All depends on the design.

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 03:17:20 -0300, chidalgo wrote:

So why can't you do that for digital cameras?

Don't get your point.

I think the OP's point is more like "why can't you charge digicam betteries
while they are still in the camera?". Like you do with a cellphone. Instead of
having to take them out and put them in a charger.


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Chris Pollard


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Christopher Pollard wrote:
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 03:17:20 -0300, chidalgo wrote:


So why can't you do that for digital cameras?

Don't get your point.


I think the OP's point is more like "why can't you charge digicam betteries
while they are still in the camera?". Like you do with a cellphone. Instead of
having to take them out and put them in a charger.

Some you can.

My dad's Kodak camera will take two AAs. It will also take a
rechargeable pack that charges when the camera is on its optional dock
(the pack is included with the dock).

There are numerous variations on the theme...

Christopher Pollard wrote:
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 03:17:20 -0300, chidalgo wrote:


So why can't you do that for digital cameras?

Don't get your point.


I think the OP's point is more like "why can't you charge digicam betteries
while they are still in the camera?". Like you do with a cellphone. Instead of
having to take them out and put them in a charger.

Some you can.

My dad's Kodak camera will take two AAs. It will also take a
rechargeable pack that charges when the camera is on its optional dock
(the pack is included with the dock).

There are numerous variations on the theme...

Christopher Pollard escribio:

I think the OP's point is more like "why can't you charge digicam betteries
while they are still in the camera?". Like you do with a cellphone. Instead of
having to take them out and put them in a charger.

One possible explanation is that some consumer digicams, they use
normal AA's batteries, and you already have the charger (using the
batteries for some others things, like a remote, a portable radio,
flashlights, whatever), so the photo companies design the digicam as
digicams and not as chargers In the case of cellphones, usually the
battery is particular to a cellphone model, and you usually don't use
the cellphone battery for others uses (or do you? ;-) ).

In the case of pro-digicams, i need at least 2 or more packs of
batteries ready to use, and at the same time need the camera in my hand
to shoot. I can't afford to use the digicam as a charger, so i really
need a external charger.

That's my theory. Take it or dump it

--
chidalgo

The size matters. Nobody wants to carry a camera with a built-in AC-DC
transformer/adaptor.

"Matt Ion" wrote in message
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wrote:
You don't need a separate charger to charge a cellphone battery. You
just
attach an AC adapter to the phone and plug it into the wall.

In some cases...

So why can't you do that for digital cameras?

Some can. All depends on the design.

writes:
You don't need a separate charger to charge a cellphone battery. You just
attach an AC adapter to the phone and plug it into the wall.

If it's designed that way. I have at least one old analog cellphone
that has no external power input on the phone, and can't charge
batteries. To use this phone from auto DC power, you remove the battery
and attach a "battery surrogate" with a cigarette lighter plug instead.
The batteries are charged off the phone.

So why can't you do that for digital cameras?

You can, if you buy the right camera. For example, the Canon G series
cameras have internal charging circuits, and external AC power supplies.
You plug the power supply into the camera, and it will either charge the
battery (camera turned off) or power the camera.

But there are pros and cons to this. On the good side, the camera comes
with an AC adapter - there's nothing extra to buy to run from AC. On
the negative side, you can't be charging one battery while shooting with
another one, unless you buy a separate charger. Some other Canon
cameras (e.g. S500) come with a separate external battery charger.

Dave