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Batteries - The good the bad and the cheap
Every 18 months electronics half in size and double in performance unfortunately batteries take 7 years to do the same, there letting the team down! So it’s important to know which battery will give you optimum performance.
15% of all power problems with digital cameras are simply incorrect batteries (that’s 4 a day in our work shop) I can understand the confusion there are many brands of batteries, each brand has around 5 different ratings for the same battery and none of them explain the difference very well.
Heavy duty, extra heavy duty, long life or rechargeable batteries?
Battery information:
Rechargeable batteries are the best option for digital cameras, high current, short recharge long discharge times and hundreds of recharges. The capacity of all batteries are measured in milliamps and displayed on the battery eg: 2700mA
There are many different types of rechargeable batteries Rechargeable Alkaline (don’t use)
Ni-Cd (ok), Ni-MH (best choice), Li-Ion (not available in AA)
They are also better on the environment.
