Dallas Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Anyone who owns a camera needs batteries. Most point and shoot cameras now a days use AA batteries. And they use them fast. Everyone nees a good set rechargables, and of course a charger. I recommend Energizer rechargable batteries. They are NiMH (type of rechargable battery) and they are 2500mAh, some of the highest capacity batteries on the market now. You can get a set of 4, with a 4 hour charger, for under $20. It is WELL worth the investment. The charger charges them fully in about 4 hours, and has an auto cut-off. It also charges AAA, which is awsome. I have filled my canon powershot's 128mb card (about 110 photos) up twice with these before they needed to be charged again. Now go out and buy some! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 I completely agree with this advice. Even pin it to the top of the forum. I have a set of Energizer NiMH 2500mAh and a set of Mittoni(Generic) NiMH 2500mAh and this kind of battery is very good. It upsets me to think how many HUNDREDS of Alcalines my family wasted just to get about 15 shots over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jexel Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 Is Sony's one hour charger any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoogleNinja Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 4 hour charger? I have the same Energizer batteries, but with a 30-minute charger. Picked it up at Wal-Mart for $20, came with 4 batteries. Packs of 8 batteries cost $10 or so. Great batteries, I use them for everything I own now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted October 9, 2005 Veteran Share Posted October 9, 2005 4 hour charger? I have the same Energizer batteries, but with a 30-minute charger. Picked it up at Wal-Mart for $20, came with 4 batteries. Packs of 8 batteries cost $10 or so. Great batteries, I use them for everything I own now. 586644605[/snapback] The quick charge batteries out now are awesome. There's actually a small chip in each battery to help regulate the charge cycle to make it as quick and efficient as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 yep, i got those energizer 2500 in my camera... sure as hell saved me a bunch of $$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmoove Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 I have a set of 2800mAh and a set of 2600mAh batteries. With the 2800mAh batteries I shot about 350 photos with my Canon PowerShot S2 IS on my holiday in China. The batteries were only empty for about 3/4th.... it was great because I never had to recharge or change the batteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Posted October 9, 2005 Author Share Posted October 9, 2005 The quick charge batteries out now are awesome. There's actually a small chip in each battery to help regulate the charge cycle to make it as quick and efficient as possible. 586644618[/snapback] There arn' actualy chips in the batteries, the charger monitors the voltage of each battery and makes changes acordingly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Posted October 9, 2005 Author Share Posted October 9, 2005 i THINK they have up to 3000mAh or maybe even 3300mAh AA batteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted October 9, 2005 Veteran Share Posted October 9, 2005 There arn' actualy chips in the batteries, the charger monitors the voltage of each battery and makes changes acordingly 586646811[/snapback] Ah, sorry I was thinking of Rayovacs ones which are handled differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antsy Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 I get cheap 2500 MAH Batteries from Ebay. Wana hear about the big Battery con? No well I'm gona paste it in anyway "I bought some Energizer Rechargable C batteries for my cycle lights and they were crap, really crap they kept letting me down, I soon found out some facts. C and D size batteries only tend to have a slightly better MaH (Milli-Amp-Hour) rating than AA batteries (Energiser AAAs are 750 MaH, AAs are 2100 MaH and C&Ds are only 2200 MaH) there Is a reason for this they are making them hollow! Pick a rechargeable up then pick a normal one up, notice the difference in weight. I don't know why this is because since Ni-Mh came out rechargeable batteries have become really good, but they have a bad reputation and this is one of the reasons. Even Uniross the rechargeable specialists are doing it, I don?t know why but it really make the fact that the batteries are twice the size pointless as they are hollow. I did manage to buy some ?industrial strength? 4500 MaH C batteries off the net and they are brilliant, they charged in my ordinary charger and didn?t let me down for weeks, in fact the first time they went I thought, Wow they lasted ages, and it turned out there was something wrong with my light, the batteries were still going. So I thought I would let you all know about this, if any of you thought that Rechargeable were crap."uot; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomis_nehc Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 From the specs, the Rayovas are awesome. Don't it charge in 15 minutes or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombolcha Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Anyone who owns a camera needs batteries. Most point and shoot cameras now a days use AA batteries. And they use them fast. Everyone nees a good set rechargables, and of course a charger.I recommend Energizer rechargable batteries. They are NiMH (type of rechargable battery) and they are 2500mAh, some of the highest capacity batteries on the market now. You can get a set of 4, with a 4 hour charger, for under $20. It is WELL worth the investment. The charger charges them fully in about 4 hours, and has an auto cut-off. It also charges AAA, which is awsome. I have filled my canon powershot's 128mb card (about 110 photos) up twice with these before they needed to be charged again. Now go out and buy some! 586642611[/snapback] :yes: bought mine from sav-on $20... but i use it for my mouse and keyboard :p great batteries.. Also, Panasonic batteries are also VERY VERY good.. just a bit pricier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Floyd Veteran Posted October 18, 2005 Veteran Share Posted October 18, 2005 hmm 2500 good (Y) I sold my old 2300 one with my Fujifilm S5000. I could buy some other for my nikon external flash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Yup, i've got some 2600 Ansmanns in my cam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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