Re: Canon A570IS, 200 shots on eneloop, 10 shots on Alkaline
- From: Clair Johnston <cbj0129@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:37:39 -0400
ransley wrote:
On Jul 7, 5:15 am, SMS <scharf.ste...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:I lent our A570IS to a relative for a cruise to Alaska. She didn't want
to take the NiMH batteries and charger, so I told her to bring plenty of
disposable AA Alkaline batteries, which she didn't, so she was buying AA
batteries on the ship (I cringe to think of the price that Princess must
charge for AA batteries). She came back today, complaining that the
camera would only take "a few" pictures on a set of AA batteries and
that she stopped using it rather than buying AA batteries on the ship.
I've never used Alkaline AA batteries in this camera, but an older A60
uses four AA alkaline batteries without any problems, giving about 150
shots per set. In the A570IS I always use either NiMH or lithium AA
cells as a back-up (though now that spare lithium AA batteries aren't
allowed in checked luggage, I only keep one emergency set with the
camera) and don't take along a couple of four packs). I wonder if this
is normal with AA alkaline batteries and this camera. Alkaline batteries
have very high internal resistance, and don't last as long in
high-current applications as NiMH, but surely they should be good for
more than 10 shots or so.
Thats what happens when you lend a camera to someone who makes no
effort to understand the camera fully. With flash? what was the
temperature, with IS on, autofocus, Lcd, alot of reviewing, and
someone who doesnt know how to use a camera, who knows. Someone who
thinks can use settings that dont drain batteries as fast. What brand
and age were the batteries, I recently bought old ones that were not
very good. Alkaline to me dont work well.
When I bought my first digital p&s camera (Olympus 3030) a few years back, I didn't have rechargeables with me and wanted to try it out.
I put in 4 alkalines (fresh) and started taking pictures while my wife continued shopping. Fifteen (15) shots and they were dead. Different cameras seem to have different drain characteristics. A Nikon Coolpix that uses 2 AA batteries delivers about 1/2 the shots of rechargables when powered via alkaline.
Clair
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