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Camera Batteries I like taking pictures of scenery and would like to get some winter ones but find that the battery life is really low. Which batteries would be best used in outdoor winter weather?
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chrisbudny.com - Chris Budny Contact Chris Budny Chris Budny's Gallery |
My 2-cents is pretty limited experience... My camera uses 2 AAs; the Sony rechargeables that came with it (2100mAh) seem to die very noticeably fast. I've added a bag of 6 Energizer rechargeables (2500mAh) to my kit and I've seen longer staying time with them. (I tend to use my camera's viewing screen heavily, so I often kill a pair of batteries in one day of shooting.)
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
For digital rechargeables, try keeping a spare in your pocket with hand warmers that you shake up and they give off heat. They cost a couple of dollars at Wal-mart.
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If you're worried about all the rage about lithium batteries, see what they're good for first. Lithium will show much more longevity in the extreme cold, up to two or three times the rolls of service. They are also good when your equipment is going to put them through the test -heavy autowinding and many flashes where the demand by your system for power is at a premium. But nicads are fine if your coldest isn't much below 32F or you're not shooting more than four or five rolls in succession or not tripping the flash on every shot. Judge what your needs are and then go with your need. No need to spend three times as much on a battery when your plain old Energizers will do. Chris Walrath http://home.comcast.net/~flash19901/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html
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Diane Dupuis |
I use 4 NI-MH rechargeable batteries. I took over 400 pics on one set the other night without even a low battery warning.
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Aaron Reyes |
never use nicads in a dig camera. they're useless. get some high amp nimh batteries. better life, faster shooting with a flash, "no" memory. I like to have lithiums sitting in my bag for backup, but never need them...
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