Re: Lithium batteries not recommended?

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 06:57:59 -0800, Floyd Davidson wrote:

>>> -If you use these batteries, we cannot guarantee full performance of the
>>> camera by property of the batteries, such as brownout of the batteries".
>
> That last line is the key to what it all means.

Yes, but the "brownout" warning is probably misunderstood by
almost all owners of the camera. Your explanation should have been
duplicated by Sony's manual. What confuses the issue is that Sony
didn't state that batteries such as NiCads or others provide limited
performance, but that they are "Batteries you cannot use with your
camera". They later add "we cannot guarantee full performance",
but is that also true for the lithium batteries? Sony needs better
effort from their technical writers.


> Hence the manual is *not* saying that damage or total failure to
> function will occur from the use of those battery types, but
> rather that "full performance" will not result. And by
> "brownout" they mean the equipment will fail to recycle within
> reasonable (e.g., the specified) times, without changing
> batteries.

The manual doesn't say any of this clearly enough for most readers
to have the faintest idea what is behind their warnings. But it
might easily frighten owners into purchasing the only types of AA
batteries that Sony still sells. Most people probably have no idea
how to recognize "manganese" batteries and might well try to use
them. Adding "Heavy Duty" to the list would have been helpful.

.

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