On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 09:35:26 GMT, Gunner
wrote:
I was fortunate enough this week, to swap for a minty Olympus C-3000
Zoom digital camera with 128meg smart media. Friend of mine is
upgrading to hip slick and cool wonder camera
Having had some very elderly digital cameras...this thing blows me
away. And its obsolete...chuckle...but is way way cool and will do
EVERYTHING I need a camera to do for me.
I didnt get any batteries with it..he uses nicads and kept them, So I
loaded it up with fresh Alkalines..and got about 10 daylight pictures
out of them....damn thats a battery hungry *******!!!
I buy the Energizer Lithium E2s. Not cheap, but about 5 year shelf
life, and over 400 shots with my Kodak 3.1 Megapixel optical zoom
camera, using the LCD viewfinder, and a fair amount of flash. They
handilly outlast a 2100mah Nimh. Nicads for a camera STINK because of
the self discharge. Every time you want to use the camera you need to
recharge the battery. I generally pay less than $4 each for
them.(canadian). They are the blue and silver jobbies - model L91.
The ones I just pulled out of my camera have a 2019 best before date.
So Ive been doing some research on digital camera batts this evening,
along with chargers etc
It would appear that everyone is pushing Nickle metal hydride
rechargables.
Which for me..is better..NIMH or NiCads? It may be weeks or longer
before I need to take any pictures and am worried about the self
discharge of the NiMH batts
On the other hand..NiCads appear to be only 800mah at best, based on
ebay descriptions
On the gripping hand...NiMH appear to have over twice the amp hour
rating..1800 is average for AAs, going up to 2500 mah
Is this what I want?
http://cgi.ebay.com/MAHA-MH-C204F-CHARGER-w-AA-Batteries-Kit-Brand-New_W0QQitemZ7600147921QQcategoryZ64349QQtcZphotoQ QcmdZViewItem
Or do I want to buy nicads and a smart charger with a conditioner
circuit?
Any input would be appreciated.
Also..anyone have one of these cameras AND the proper AC wall wart? I
need to know the voltage and polarity. The manual I downloaded didnt
have any specs
Thanks
Gunner
"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.
Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner
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