"Kevin" wrote in message
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On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:46:16 -0600, "Leon"
wrote:

My cameras are like that. They have a 3 position battery status
indicator, which loosely translate to full, you need a new battery,
and you will never actually see this unless you happen to be looking
right at it in the 2 seconds it shows before the camera dies.


I have 2 digital cameras, both Fuji but one used Li the other 4 AA
rechargable NiMH they both give the same warning and they both die just
as
quickly. BUT the Li holds a charge just setting for weeks much much much
much much, did I mention much, longer.

There are "low self-discharge" NiMH batteries, most commonly under the
name "eneloop" by Sanyo. They give up some capacity but they hold
their charge very well, so in typical usage they last much longer. I
use them in one of my cameras and my flash which doesn't get used
often. They are the only AA rechargables I will use now. The camera
that runs on the AAs will hang around on that middle battery status
for a good while.


Just so you know, I am not trying to butt heads with you. OK. ;~)
And just so you know, I am not doubting any thing you are saying here.
The NiMh batteries that I have/had been using were PowerX brand, with a 2700
mAh capacity. They are currently a couple of years old. Thay never held
a charge for many days at all if they had been used after charging. Once
used they would last for 100 + shots but the following day they would be
dead. I use a Maha charger and always had an extra set in the charger. The
first 2 sets that I purchased back around 2002 lasted about 5 years.

As for both Fuji S602z and the S100fs, both quickly quit shooting soon after
the battery indicator starts to go down. With the 601 it was about 3 pics.
With the S100fs it is more like 30 pics but I have shot in excess of 250
pics on a single Li battery.

My reason for going with the PowerX was that that battery has always been at
the top of everyones review. I bought them through Thomas Dist.