On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 03:30:41PM -0800, Mike McClain wrote:
> I'm in the market for an inexpensive digital camera.
I want to thank everyone for their input.
After looking at the stats of each camera suggested and comparing them
side by side at http://www.dpreview.com/ I settled on the Canon A59
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 09:34:16AM -0800, Mike McClain wrote:
> AA batteries are cheap, readily available and I can get NiCad and NiMH.
> Custom rechargable battery packs are like printer ink cartridges.
They report being empty when there is still a week or two of use left?
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> AA batteries are cheap, readily available and I can get NiCad and NiMH.
> Custom rechargable battery packs are like printer ink cartridges.
I agree to some extent. But AA batteries do not come on Li-ion versions,
and there's a good reason why all cameras (and laptop) batteries use
Li-ion: it h
On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:14:55 -0500, mitch wrote:
>
> I work at a nationwide chain of Camera/Imaging stores.
>
> AA batteries are used in Nikon, Canon and Fuji's and Panasonic. Best to
> go with rechargeable batteries.
Also some Pentax cameras - you just have to check, if specific camera uses
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:02:10PM -0500, Allan Wind wrote:
> On 2009-02-19T16:05:55, Richard Lyons wrote:
> > The rechargeeables, both NiCad and NiMH, are a good idea in principle, but
> > lose charge when not in use and become ineffective surprisingly quickly in
> > my experience.
>
> Try the lo
On Thursday 19 February 2009, Richard Lyons wrote:
> I used to think standard batteries were a better idea too, but they don't
> perform anywhere near as well as the L-ion flat ones most cameras now use.
This is slightly misleading. Yes, lb for lb, LI batts perform better, but
often if a camera u
On 2009-02-19T16:05:55, Richard Lyons wrote:
> The rechargeeables, both NiCad and NiMH, are a good idea in principle, but
> lose charge when not in use and become ineffective surprisingly quickly in
> my experience.
Try the low discharge NiMH batteries like Sanyo Eneloop.
/Allan
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On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:55:12AM -0500, Barclay, Daniel wrote:
> Mike McClain wrote:
>
> >
> > AA batteries are cheap, readily available and I can get NiCad and NiMH.
> > Custom rechargable battery packs are like printer ink cartridges.
>
> I wonder whether any camera use AAA batteries. Tha
Mike McClain wrote:
>
> AA batteries are cheap, readily available and I can get NiCad and NiMH.
> Custom rechargable battery packs are like printer ink cartridges.
I wonder whether any camera use AAA batteries. That would let the camera be
smaller and you'd still be able to install non-recharg
kj wrote:
> ... I can imagine there's some benefit to designing a battery
> that delivers the cameras exact energy requirements rather than trying
> to make the most of the fixed output of AAs. Given how small compact
> digital cameras have become, AA batteries really just add unnecessary bul
kj wrote:
...The T100's battery is tiny compared to two AAs, and gave me roughly
double number of pictures that I got out of two 2700mAh NiCads.
Correction: they're 2700mAh NiMh batteries.
Amazon linky:
*http://tinyurl.com/dny49q
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Mike McClain wrote:
A batteries are cheap, readily available and I can get NiCad and NiMH.
Custom rechargable battery packs are like printer ink cartridges.
Mike
Except they last a lot longer - in both ways. I am not an electronic
engineer, but I can imagine there's some benefit to designi
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Mike McClain wrote:
> I'm in the market for an inexpensive digital camera. Just for
> snapshots and was wondering if anyone had recommendations or
> knows where I could find which are going to work with Debian.
> Just something simple with USB, AA batteries and tha
On 02/18/2009 11:34 AM, Mike McClain wrote:
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 04:40:04PM +, kj wrote:
Mike McClain wrote:
I'm in the market for an inexpensive digital camera.
Out of curiosity, why AA? Losing the AA will give you a much more
compact camera. Very few cameras accept AA batteries t
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 04:40:04PM +, kj wrote:
>> Mike McClain wrote:
>>> I'm in the market for an inexpensive digital camera.
>>> Just for snapshots and was wondering if anyone had recommendations
>>> or knows where I could find which are going to work with Debi
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 04:40:04PM +, kj wrote:
> Mike McClain wrote:
>> I'm in the market for an inexpensive digital camera.
>> Just for snapshots and was wondering if anyone had recommendations
>> or knows where I could find which are going to work with Debian.
>> Just something simple with U
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 04:40:04PM +, kj wrote:
> Mike McClain wrote:
> >I'm in the market for an inexpensive digital camera.
>
> Out of curiosity, why AA? Losing the AA will give you a much more
> compact camera. Very few cameras accept AA batteries these days
> anyway.Either ways,
Mike McClain wrote:
I'm in the market for an inexpensive digital camera.
Just for snapshots and was wondering if anyone had recommendations
or knows where I could find which are going to work with Debian.
Just something simple with USB, AA batteries and that uses a generic
mem card.
Thanks,
Mike
On Sat February 14 2009, Mike McClain wrote:
> I'm in the market for an inexpensive digital camera.
> Just for snapshots and was wondering if anyone had recommendations
> or knows where I could find which are going to work with Debian.
> Just something simple with USB, AA batteries and that uses a
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 08:18:32PM -0500, H.S. wrote:
> Allan Wind wrote:
>
> > Most cameras support mass storage device class these days.
> >
> >> AA batteries
>
> How about Canon Powershot A620 or a more recent model in these series?
we just bought a power shot g10 love it and it works well w
Allan Wind wrote:
> Most cameras support mass storage device class these days.
>
>> AA batteries
How about Canon Powershot A620 or a more recent model in these series?
> That is probably what limits your choices the most.
>
>> and that uses a generic
>> mem card.
>
> You may want to make tha
On Sat, 2009-02-14 at 15:30 -0800, Mike McClain wrote:
> I'm in the market for an inexpensive digital camera.
> Just for snapshots and was wondering if anyone had recommendations
> or knows where I could find which are going to work with Debian.
> Just something simple with USB, AA batteries and th
On 2009-02-14T15:30:41, Mike McClain wrote:
> I'm in the market for an inexpensive digital camera.
> Just for snapshots and was wondering if anyone had recommendations
> or knows where I could find which are going to work with Debian.
> Just something simple with USB,
Most cameras support mass sto
I'm in the market for an inexpensive digital camera.
Just for snapshots and was wondering if anyone had recommendations
or knows where I could find which are going to work with Debian.
Just something simple with USB, AA batteries and that uses a generic
mem card.
Thanks,
Mike
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