What AA Battery will equal the most number of photos/or longest life
to my camera? Where can I find the best prices?
I like the non rechargable thus take several when I travel or can by
cheapies anywhere. But what are the best camera AA batteries?
Thanks for any input. You can email me directly. Judy
"nitinfun" <cjdensmore@mac.com> wrote in message
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> What AA Battery will equal the most number of photos/or longest life
> to my camera? Where can I find the best prices?
> I like the non rechargable thus take several when I travel or can by
> cheapies anywhere. But what are the best camera AA batteries?
> Thanks for any input. You can email me directly. Judy
I find Panasonic Oxyride give excellent performance in my Canon S3IS.
On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:51:25 -0700, nitinfun wrote:
> What AA Battery will equal the most number of photos/or longest life
> to my camera? Where can I find the best prices?
> I like the non rechargable thus take several when I travel or can by
> cheapies anywhere. But what are the best camera AA batteries?
> Thanks for any input. You can email me directly. Judy
No email. Sorry about that. But you wouldn't have been able to
be emailed with a good answer because you didn't provide enough
information. It would help if you identify your camera model (Canon
alone isn't enough) as well as your shooting style. How many
pictures do you take per year? How many of those use the camera's
flash? There are basically six types of batteries to choose from.
1. Standard alkaline.
2. Premium types, including Oxyride.
3. Lithium.
4. Standard NiMH
5. Low self-discharge NiMH (Eneloop, Hybrid, Hybrio, etc.)
6. NiCd
The most practical choices would be 1, 3, 4 and 5. Which one is
best for you can't be determined until you provide more information.
Because I shoot a relatively small number of pictures using my Canon
Powershot (I have several cameras), and don't often use its flash, I
could get away with using standard, cheap alkalines, because one set
of them (less than a dollar's worth) should last me at least a year,
probably more. I generally use NiMH batteries in it though, only
because I already had them when I bought the Powershot. But this
may not be your shooting style, so different types of AA batteries
may be more suitable for your camera. Temperature can also be a
factor, particularly if you use the camera in either cold or
extremely cold temperature. Alkalines don't particularly like cold
weather, so you'd want to use NiMH types 4 or 5. In extremely cold
weather, when NiMH wouldn't do very well, lithium AA batteries would
be ideal. They'll work at temperatures that are colder than you or
your camera are likely to tolerate, down to 40º below zero.
nitinfun wrote:
> What AA Battery will equal the most number of photos/or longest life
> to my camera?
Energizer Lithium will equal the most number of photos for
non-rechargeables.
The type of AA battery won't have much of an effect on the life of the
camera, as long as you stay away from no-name el-cheapo batteries that
may leak.
On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:51:25 -0700, nitinfun wrote:
> What AA Battery will equal the most number of photos/or longest life
> to my camera? Where can I find the best prices?
> I like the non rechargable thus take several when I travel or can by
> cheapies anywhere. But what are the best camera AA batteries?
> Thanks for any input. You can email me directly. Judy
nitinfun wrote:
> What AA Battery will equal the most number of photos/or longest life
> to my camera? Where can I find the best prices?
> I like the non rechargable thus take several when I travel or can by
> cheapies anywhere. But what are the best camera AA batteries?
> Thanks for any input. You can email me directly. Judy
E-mailing defeats the best part of newsgroups. Sharing information and
being able to build on others answers and questions is the way it works
best.
If you read the replies that have already been made to your question you
will see what I mean. In addition there are questions for you that will help
responders to offer better suggestions. It really needs to be a two way
(you and the group) exchange.
Frankly it has been my experience that rechargeable batteries often
provide longer life with a single charge than single use batteries with some
applications.
On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:02:34 -0400, ASAAR <caught@22.com> wrote:
>On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:51:25 -0700, nitinfun wrote:
>
>> What AA Battery will equal the most number of photos/or longest life
>> to my camera? Where can I find the best prices?
>> I like the non rechargable thus take several when I travel or can by
>> cheapies anywhere. But what are the best camera AA batteries?
>> Thanks for any input. You can email me directly. Judy
>
> No email. Sorry about that. But you wouldn't have been able to
>be emailed with a good answer because you didn't provide enough
>information. It would help if you identify your camera model (Canon
>alone isn't enough) as well as your shooting style. How many
>pictures do you take per year? How many of those use the camera's
>flash? There are basically six types of batteries to choose from.
>
>1. Standard alkaline.
>2. Premium types, including Oxyride.
>3. Lithium.
>4. Standard NiMH
>5. Low self-discharge NiMH (Eneloop, Hybrid, Hybrio, etc.)
>6. NiCd
>
> The most practical choices would be 1, 3, 4 and 5. Which one is
>best for you can't be determined until you provide more information.
>Because I shoot a relatively small number of pictures using my Canon
>Powershot (I have several cameras), and don't often use its flash, I
>could get away with using standard, cheap alkalines, because one set
>of them (less than a dollar's worth) should last me at least a year,
>probably more. I generally use NiMH batteries in it though, only
>because I already had them when I bought the Powershot. But this
>may not be your shooting style, so different types of AA batteries
>may be more suitable for your camera. Temperature can also be a
>factor, particularly if you use the camera in either cold or
>extremely cold temperature. Alkalines don't particularly like cold
>weather, so you'd want to use NiMH types 4 or 5. In extremely cold
>weather, when NiMH wouldn't do very well, lithium AA batteries would
>be ideal. They'll work at temperatures that are colder than you or
>your camera are likely to tolerate, down to 40º below zero.
>
Oh wait, sorry about that. Ignore the above information. I was
thinking of something completely different. You should get advice from
someone that actually knows what they are talking about. I just like
to pretend to know what I'm talking about. It makes me feel important
and needed, because nobody needs me in real life. I can't help it.
I've always been this way.
"nitinfun" <cjdensmore@mac.com> wrote in message
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> What AA Battery will equal the most number of photos/or longest life
> to my camera? Where can I find the best prices?
> I like the non rechargable thus take several when I travel or can by
> cheapies anywhere. But what are the best camera AA batteries?
> Thanks for any input. You can email me directly. Judy
>
On Jul 16, 11:51 am, nitinfun <cjdensm...@mac.com> wrote:
> What AA Battery will equal the most number of photos/or longest life
> to my camera? Where can I find the best prices?
> I like the non rechargable thus take several when I travel or can by
> cheapies anywhere. But what are the best camera AA batteries?
> Thanks for any input. You can email me directly. Judy
I saw that Tigerdirect.com is selling their brand-name batteries by
the box of 100. That should last you a while.
For life, I don't know. I tend to use Duracells and throw them out
when they're about 25% discharged, I think. That's when they start to
slow down a bit in the flash. It usually isn't a matter of discharge,
it's a matter of overheating. Those babies get warm when you're using
them.
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