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supersparky Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 6097 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Electrician	digi cam Sep 10^th, 2005, 3:19pm my digital camera (olympus c-160) i get about 10 pictures from the batteries and then i have to buy new ones, what in ferks name is with that!??!!?!! surley this cantbe right, ive tryed various makes of batteries, are there a certain type that perform well anyware? cheers ss
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Lurch GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0	Re: digi cam Reply #1 - Sep 10^th, 2005, 3:41pm Some digital cameras eat batteries like there's no tomorrow. My Vivitar digital camera uses a set of 4 AA batteries in a matter of hours, it's bloody useless. Talking to a few other people I know with different cameras, this isn't uncommon.
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Reply #2 - Sep 10^th, 2005, 6:58pm

Seems you aren't alone. One or two reviews mention short battery life..

http://www.ciao.co.uk/Olympus_C_160_Digital_Camera__Review_5504471

http://www.productreview.com.au/showitem.php?item_id=2216

Try Sanyo NiMH 2100mAH AA rechargables. Sanyo make the best rechargable cells these days with GP hot on their heels. They won't improve battery life but are the about the best you can get with rechargables.

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thescruff Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline Who said plumbing was easy. Posts: 6037 Total Thanks: 147 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Plumber	Re: digi cam Reply #3 - Sep 10^th, 2005, 7:02pm Pop into maplins and buy a load of re-chargables. about 10quid for 12 but make sure they're suitable for camera's
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supersparky Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 6097 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: digi cam Reply #4 - Sep 10^th, 2005, 7:31pm i have some deep cycle types used in solar charging/storage, fully bumped they get 600mA so should cope well hopefully! ill give it a go cheers ss
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billythekid Trade Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 3402 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Trade: Plumber	Re: digi cam Reply #5 - Sep 10^th, 2005, 8:39pm cant you rig up some kind of dyno/clockwork thing like bayliss did with the radios?? btk
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supersparky Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 6097 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: digi cam Reply #6 - Sep 10^th, 2005, 8:48pm lol naaa just put the solar panels out where ever i am and wait for them to charge....power on demand ss
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dougie1000 Newbie Offline Posts: 4 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Re: digi cam Reply #7 - Sep 10^th, 2005, 11:44pm Try energizer lithium batteries, there blue and silver and for two AA batteries there about £6. Yes u heard right 2 AA batteries for £6. Lasts 5times longer it says for digital cameras. Works for mine great and mine does eat normal batteries. Dougie
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LSpark Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 8069 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 London, UK United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: digi cam Reply #8 - Sep 11^th, 2005, 12:39am Or alternatively buy a different digi-cam
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Reply #9 - Sep 11^th, 2005, 1:33am

"my digital camera (olympus c-160) i get about 10 pictures from the batteries and then i have to buy new ones, what in ferks name is with that!??!!?!! "

Buy a decent camera then you tightwad!

I use a Canon D30 digital SLR - All the lenses are cross-compatable with my EOS 30 35mm SLR, so you get the best of both worlds.
My digicam comes with a dedicated Lithium-ion battery which enables me to take 160+ photos at 1.4MB each on a 256MB CF card.

OK, so it cost me in excess of £1.5K when I bought it back in 2002, but used examples can be picked up on EBAY for around half that amount.

Go on - you know it makes sense - treat yourself.

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supersparky Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 6097 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: digi cam Reply #10 - Sep 11^th, 2005, 10:45am yeh but a 1.4 you got mugged! thats not even half what mine is and me tightwad? from the man who says how expensive a can of firefoam is, and wont calibrate his gear because he has a psychic link to his meters telling him when they are out by a few ohms.........
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LSpark Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 8069 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 London, UK United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: digi cam Reply #11 - Sep 11^th, 2005, 4:11pm lol, sony cybershot p200 when the time comes SS, you wont regret it
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supersparky Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 6097 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: digi cam Reply #12 - Sep 11^th, 2005, 4:26pm yes i will
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Reply #13 - Sep 11^th, 2005, 4:52pm

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i have some deep cycle types used in solar charging/storage, fully bumped they get 600mA so should cope well hopefully!

600 mAH capacity is weedy for an AA cell these days. I'd go for the 2100 mAH Sanyo AA NiMH cell.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000TZ8ZS/026-9125205-5009259

I use a lot of Sanyo and GP cells in Radio controlled aircraft. The electric motors we use are rated at more than 1500W (about 2 BHP in old money). In competitions we suck 150 Amps from 18 x 3300mAH SC size cells to power these motors. The cells only explode ocasionally!

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supersparky Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 6097 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: digi cam Reply #14 - Sep 11^th, 2005, 5:12pm you buy em from amazon? cheers ss
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LSpark Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 8069 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 London, UK United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: digi cam Reply #15 - Sep 11^th, 2005, 5:30pm lol, no you wouldnt, bloody good camera
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Reply #16 - Sep 11^th, 2005, 5:41pm

and me tightwad? from the man who says how expensive a can of firefoam is, and wont calibrate his gear because he has a psychic link to his meters telling him when they are out by a few ohms.........

Grin

I'm rolling!

BTW - The camera is a 3.2MP, not a 1.4mb - it's the created picture files which are sized at 1.4 but you can alter this depending on how high a quality result you need.
3.2 megapixels is fine for enlarging and printing up to A4 size by the way.

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