Monday, July 14, 2008

Re: [BLUG] note on batteries for digi cams (was: recommendations on a good...)

My wife and I have been using AA-powered cameras for some time.

Some important things to note:

1. These devices gobble up cheap batteries like you wouldn't believe. It
isn't worth "saving money" by buying cheap batteries. Dollar batteries
may only give you three shots.

2. Even high-end batteries aren't as good as nice rechargable batteries.
(It's a myth that rechargable batteries aren't as good as disposable
alkaline batteries.) http://www.greenbatteries.com/batterymyths.html
We've had much better over-all luck (and signficantly cheaper overall)
using nice rechargable batteries with our digi cams.

Cheers,
Steven Black

On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 09:38:04PM -0400, Michael Schultheiss wrote:
> I second the recommendation of Canon Powershots. They're powered by AA
> batteries, which you can get anywhere. My wife and I had a bad
> experience with a Sony camera with a proprietary battery pack so we've
> used AA powered cameras ever since. Our latest camera was an A650is.
> It was about $400 last year but a recent check shows it for $306.94.
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