Li-ion Battery Pack

kinkstr

Evening, im thinking of buying this camera and it uses a rechargeable battery that apparently takes 580 pics on a single charge.
Has anyone here used them, and if so would you reccomend or run a mile and get a camera that takes standard batteries.
Also, would buying a spare from a high street shop cost me a small fortune.
Thanks in advance,

kink.

mathias

The majority of cameras these days take some kind of Li-on rechargeable , because there is not enough life in standard batteries to keep them going for a reasonable amount of time.

Most cameras that take AA or whatever eat them up in no time , so you should be better off with the Li-on , if you want to buy a spare get it on online , they come at very reasonable prices ,
Almost any camera equipment for sale in any Irish retailer is way overpriced.

pansyflower

The advantage of AAs is that if your batteries run out you can buy replacements everywhere.

5uspect

High capacity rechargable NiMH AA batteries are great. Where as as an average Li-Ion is only about 1000 to 1500 mAh (milliamp hours) a good set of NiMHs will give you up to 3000 mAh per cell.

If you use these in an AA camera you should get plenty of life out of them.

Kali

I recently got a new spare battery for my 400D on ebay.. £3 (sterling) delivered... well cheaper than standard batteries
I'd reccomend picking up a spare (or two), saves you bringing the charger with you on longer trips.

Oriel

Batteries are kinda like printer ink - the "official" ones are highly overpriced, but the cheaper ones - they do the job in the short term, only time will tell...

Alun

Personally after all the business recently with defective Sony laptop batteries and 'fake' Nokia phone batteries heating up and even catching fire, I wouldn't touch any of these el-cheapo eBay specials with a 10 foot bargepole.

Stick with some of the recognised 3rd party battery suppliers like Hahnel and Ansmann though and you'll be fine.

Kali

kinkstr wrote:

Evening, im thinking of buying this camera and it uses a rechargeable battery that apparently takes 580 pics on a single charge.
Has anyone here used them, and if so would you reccomend or run a mile and get a camera that takes standard batteries.

Realised my other post didn't actually answer your question.

I've had both a Fujifilm F20 (rechargable) and the lesser models A800 and A700 (which take 2xAAs). The F20 was easily the better camera of the three shot-wise, plus it's a bit more compact. I'd take the charger with me when I went away for a few days but I'd say the F20 took slightly less pics than the A700 (with 2 x Energizer Max/Ultra). Since I hate purchasing one-use batteries my preference was always with the F20... saves being stung by petrol-station or airport prices

On a side-note two of the above cameras have died so far.. the A700 originally died so replaced it with the F20, which 3 months later died again and was replaced by the A800 (only similarly priced option the shop had for me).... both just wouldn't turn on with new/fully-charged batteries.

5uspect

I remember my first digital camera. A Samsung S230,it would eat a set of alkalines in 20 minutes. After that I only used NiMHs which would give it 3 or 4 days of use. My 350D with 6 NiMHs in the battery grip lasts up to 2 weeks or around 800 exposures on average.

Stephen

Heh, my old Sony Cybershot 1.3mp camera would devour a pair of Duracell AA's in 10 minutes with the LCD screen turned on. I ended up buying the expensive proprietary Sony Li-Ion battery for it, which lasted ages.

If you're using anything that uses AA's today I highly recommend Sanyo Eneloop rechargeables. They have 2000mAh capacity, but best of all is the fact that they retain their charge for well over a year if they're just left on a shelf, whereas regular NiMH batteries will drain pretty quickly when not in use.

I use these in my Nikon SB-400 speedlight. Very quick recycle time on them, and they can be charged in any NiMH AA charger. Sanyo shows off their longevity by shipping them fully charged

Fireman

If you are buying rechargeable batteries I would recommend 7 Day Shop, They are based in England and are very reasonable

I use them all the time (rechargeable ) and they are fantastic


Fireman

5uspect

Stephen wrote:

If you're using anything that uses AA's today I highly recommend Sanyo Eneloop rechargeables. They have 2000mAh capacity, but best of all is the fact that they retain their charge for well over a year if they're just left on a shelf, whereas regular NiMH batteries will drain pretty quickly when not in use.

I use these in my Nikon SB-400 speedlight. Very quick recycle time on them, and they can be charged in any NiMH AA charger. Sanyo shows off their longevity by shipping them fully charged

Cool, I'll look into those! Thanks.

kinkstr

Thanks for the replies folks, picked up the F30 saturday evening and the battery seemed to be fully charged and is still going strong after taking quite a few shots and a lil bit of nosing through the menus.