AA batteries what is a full charge

[Man at B&Q]

Whoosh!

[Man at B&Q]

Unsuitable, how, if the camera is desinged to work on the lower voltage?

Why? It's good to keep a set for emergency use.

Why? Did the Op say the camera was broken?

Please don't confuse personal opinion with facts.

MBQ

[Tim Streater]

Because you charge the older ones up and they're flat when you come to use them. SWMBO got fed up with keeping a spare, supposedly charged, set of AA's with her camera, only to find they were flat when needed.

[tony sayer]

In article , Skipweasel scribeth thus

They'd only do that the -once- here ..

When choosing a replacement camera the type of battery it took and what could be used was quite a consideration....

[tony sayer]

In article , Tim Streater scribeth thus

Well I'm not going the chuck them now as there're fine and do what I need of them. but these new batts the missus has a portable audio recorder thats got one I don't think shes re charged it as yet;!!...

[Mark]

+1

Cameras will reject alkali batteries when they have loads of charge left. Only use these in an emergency.

[Mark]

What are Eneloops like in flash guns? I've tried ordinary NiMhs but they are hopeless.

[Mark]

My Canon with custom LiIon battery pack works for months and several hundred pics without needing charging. However it has to be charged in a special charger so I would agree it would be better to take standard sizes AA or AAA batteries.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Tabby saying something like:

Otherwise known as Eneloop types.

[Rob]

GP Recykos have served me well to the point I've started using them in clocks.

Rob

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Mark saying something like:

I've not had any problems so far, even with older NiMhs, but my use of flash is occasional and not rapid-fire, so might not be indicative of real suitability. Certainly, the LSD NiMhs provide a much greater degree of reliability and fulfillment of expectation the flash will be ready for use even after months of sitting in the bag doing nothing.

[Mike Lane]

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote on Jan 5, 2011:

Built-in rechargeable batteries are an absolute PITA, I've found. The time they run out is *always* when you're out using the camera (obviously) and then you're stuffed.

I've tried AA NiMH rechargeables in my current camera which work quite well but the problem is that I use a camera most when travelling around on holiday. I found the paraphernalia (charger, leads, adapters etc.) a nuisance to pack, and there's never a power socket where it's needed. I had one almost literally blown up by a power surge from the local generator once.

By far the most convenient for me are the Lithium disposable AAs. One pair lasts for hundreds of shots - easily enough for a trip abroad, and a spare pair is easy to carry around, and they're half the weight.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

1.2 volts is still within the range of a alkaline before it is used up. Of course if it's a torch or other crude device the performance will not be as good as with fresh alkalines. But most well designed electronic devices should be OK.

[Dave Liquorice]

perfectly

But why throw "all rechargeables you may have" out? By all means buy a set of low self discharge ones for "spare set service" but keep the working ones for normal use.

[Skipweasel]

Jolly good - nice to know.

[Skipweasel]

Bet you can get a car-charger from eBay.

[Skipweasel]

There are very few cameras, other than mickey-mouse toy ones, that have truly built-in batteries.

[Skipweasel]

Unless you have a spare. I've three for my Panasonic FZ7 - and a car charger. I've not been caught out yet.

[Clive George]

I have one spare for my Panasonic FX30, and have never had to use it :-)

[John MacLeod]

False argument. Whoever suggested waiting for an internal battery to recharge. The internal removeable lithium-ion battery slips out in a moment and I can slip in a spare one if I really have completely discharged the internal one which takes hundreds of photos before needing recharging. The spare one lives in a tiny pouch on the camera strap, along with spare SD cards. And I have a separate recharger so that I can charge the spare battery outside the camera.

I can assure you that camera has travelled with me across four continents and far from electric power points.

John