Re: Canon digital cameras with internal rechargable battery and high shutter speed??


"shawn chambers" <schambers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 16:09:00 -0500, "Mark B." <mbohntrash54@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

True, it's an inconvenience if you don't plan ahead properly and don't
limit
yourself to what comes in the camera box. Always keep a spare one charged
in
your pocket.

A spare camera? I had a look at Oregon Scientific cameras with a Google
search, and I wouldn't want one if it was free let alone have a spare.

Charge the dead one during any free-time and access to mains or
other power source. During an extensive trip into a remote area I've even
used
an external emergency battery-pack a few times to charge the internal
battery,
worked just as good. As long as the external power supply has slightly
higher
voltage it'll flow into the one in the camera. Also, considering that most
in-camera charge models have exceptional battery life you can easily go a
couple
days of intensive shooting before having to swap out batteries. As long as
you're not one of those silly machine-gun snap-shooters who think that if
they
only shoot enough images one will finally turn out right. Or buy any of
the many
stand-alone chargers that have interchangeable adapter plates to take any
design
of Li-Ion batteries, or a dedicated charger just for that battery line or
model.


I got the sense from reading the descriptions that the batteries on OS cams
are strictly built-in and not interchangeable. Not a very consumer friendly
solution. Who doesn't want to have at least one spare battery charged and
ready to go? That would be just as bad as built-in memory with no memory
card slot.

There's many workarounds. None of which are a make or break selling point.


I'd rather just swap batteries, so to me it's a no-go selling point.


.

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