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| Thread ID: 76805 | 2007-02-16 10:36:00 | NiMH rechargeables | d_wong (1373) | PC World Chat |
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| 525225 | 2007-02-16 20:47:00 | Some cameras do have a constant drain of a mA or so, some do not. The Fuji S range do, my Nikon does not. (And yes, I have measured the drain). Actually some Fuji's have a fault in the battery compartment that accentuates the drain a bit, but that is another story. If the camera has a small quiescent drain, then taking the batteries out can be the best answer. The NiMh batteries will have a "self discharge" rate of a couple of % per day anyway, if that is the problem look at the new Sanyo "eneloop" NiMh range, they seem to have eliminated that and they will retain the charge for a year, I am very happy with them. |
the godfather (11663) | ||
| 525226 | 2007-02-16 20:54:00 | It's the camera not the battery. My Olympus has no effect on its battery when not being used but my cheap (& nasty) Precision flattens its battery in a day or so - making it virtually useless unless I keep the battery separate. I wrote to Fair Go about this as I felt it was a bit of a rip off. No replay from FG. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 525227 | 2007-02-16 20:57:00 | Its not the batteries, Its the camera I have come across a website by somebody who does camera repairs and on one specific brand/model, he had traced the fault to the camera's battery lid. For some reason part of the lid had allowed a small amount of current/leak sufficient to discharge the batteries over and above the normal rate one would expect. He fixed the problem by gently scrapping off the offending (plastic metalized) material. I am not sure whether it was a design flaw or a manufacturing defect. |
Tom McB (832) | ||
| 525228 | 2007-02-16 21:14:00 | Hi, Thanks for all the replies so far. I must add that I use a Energizer 1 Hour Fast Charger, Canon Powershot A510. I use the LCD screen, like most people do, & I do switch off the camera when no used. |
d_wong (1373) | ||
| 525229 | 2007-02-16 21:16:00 | I have found these very good,recommended by G-F so they must be good. www.dse.co.nz I will destroy mine at once and get the eneloops,my S type camera as well. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 525230 | 2007-02-16 21:27:00 | Hi, Thanks for all the replies so far. I must add that I use a Energizer 1 Hour Fast Charger, Canon Powershot A510. I use the LCD screen, like most people do, & I do switch off the camera when no used. You must be doing something wong!.:) |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 525231 | 2007-02-16 23:55:00 | I use the LCD screen, like most people do, I only use it when I want to check how a picture looks. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 525232 | 2007-02-17 03:09:00 | Me too. It saves battery power and also generally gives much better pics usingthe viewfinder. People wonder why their pics come out blurry when they are holding the cameras at arms length using the LCD to compose the shot. The camera will be a lot more steady taking the shot with the viewfinder. That is if your camera has a viewfinder - so many forgo that these days. | Tukapa (62) | ||
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