Battery woes
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From: Daytona on 10 Jun 2007 17:05 My 4 cheap nicad battaries have failed after only about 10 cycles, at least, the power output on 1 is well down and the net result is that I can only manage 2 pictures. Since I don't use my camera that often, which is the best type of battery to use ? I've got a cheap 2 hour fast charger and I'm wondering whether that could be part of the problem, as before I used to have a trickle charger. I bought cheap stuff 2 years ago because I thought that NiCd was established technology and so price didn't make much difference to quality. I was looking at converting to NiMH and using the La Crosse BC 900 / LaCrosse RS900 / Technoline iCharger as at least it gives some information on the battery condition. I don't really understand what I need, so any thoughts would be appreciated :-) Daytona
From: Daytona on 10 Jun 2007 17:07 On 10 Jun, 22:05, Daytona <junk721...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >Since I don't use my camera that often, >which is the best type of battery to use ? The camera is a basic point and shoot Canon A70.
From: cassia on 10 Jun 2007 17:28 On Jun 10, 3:07 pm, Daytona <junk721...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > On 10 Jun, 22:05, Daytona <junk721...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >Since I don't use my camera that often, > >which is the best type of battery to use ? > > The camera is a basic point and shoot Canon A70. These are just AA right? So far, I've had the BEST experience with the Duracell Ultra Digital batteries. I use them in my flash (the SB800) and the recycle time and life has been dramatically better. For future reference, never buy a camera that takes anything other that a lithium ion battery; you'll be much happier. Good luck.
From: Ron Hunter on 10 Jun 2007 19:12 Daytona wrote: > My 4 cheap nicad battaries have failed after only about 10 cycles, at > least, the power output on 1 is well down and the net result is that I > can only manage 2 pictures. Since I don't use my camera that often, > which is the best type of battery to use ? > > I've got a cheap 2 hour fast charger and I'm wondering whether that > could be part of the problem, as before I used to have a trickle > charger. I bought cheap stuff 2 years ago because I thought that NiCd > was established technology and so price didn't make much difference to > quality. > > I was looking at converting to NiMH and using the La Crosse BC 900 / > LaCrosse RS900 / Technoline iCharger as at least it gives some > information on the battery condition. > > I don't really understand what I need, so any thoughts would be > appreciated :-) > > Daytona > Since you rarely use your camera, I suggest investing in the Eneloop NIMH batteries. They should perform well for your needs.
From: Ron Hunter on 10 Jun 2007 19:13
cassia wrote: > On Jun 10, 3:07 pm, Daytona <junk721...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> On 10 Jun, 22:05, Daytona <junk721...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Since I don't use my camera that often, >>> which is the best type of battery to use ? >> The camera is a basic point and shoot Canon A70. > > These are just AA right? So far, I've had the BEST experience with the > Duracell Ultra Digital batteries. I use them in my flash (the SB800) > and the recycle time and life has been dramatically better. For future > reference, never buy a camera that takes anything other that a lithium > ion battery; you'll be much happier. Good luck. > I totally disagree. I like the maximum options for source, and type, and for that, AA batteries can't be beat. |