P
Phil Cook
Guest
Paul George wrote:
>On 21 May, 23:10, Martin Dann <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I used some duracell batteries, and got about 10 min recording time out
>> of them. They were where I keep new batteries, but not in a packet, so I
>> am wondering if I had preused them in something else.
>That's interesting, I had pretty much the same experience.
>The low battery warning came on after about 30min with what
>I thought were new Duracell Procells.
>The rest of the cells in the box all read >1.45v under a 0.5A
>load which suggests they are new.
Alkalines are not well suited to digital cameras. Something to do with
the high current drain. Alkalines can push out low currents for ages
but higher drains exhaust them relatively quickly, despite what that
bunny implies. You are better off with some NiMh rechargables.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"
>On 21 May, 23:10, Martin Dann <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I used some duracell batteries, and got about 10 min recording time out
>> of them. They were where I keep new batteries, but not in a packet, so I
>> am wondering if I had preused them in something else.
>That's interesting, I had pretty much the same experience.
>The low battery warning came on after about 30min with what
>I thought were new Duracell Procells.
>The rest of the cells in the box all read >1.45v under a 0.5A
>load which suggests they are new.
Alkalines are not well suited to digital cameras. Something to do with
the high current drain. Alkalines can push out low currents for ages
but higher drains exhaust them relatively quickly, despite what that
bunny implies. You are better off with some NiMh rechargables.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"