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I was surprised to find out that there is absolutely no option of charging for instance a Canon 1D series battery through a 12V cigarette lighter plug in the car. Anyone got around this problem (if so, how?) and why do You think camera manufacturers don't produce a car charger for any of their pro cameras currently on the market?

Dabar, Croatia
 
Just pick up a voltage converter that plugs into cigerette lighter and use your regular charger. I charge my computers and camera batteries all the time this way. The one I have is a Belkin I bought at CompUSA but several companies make them and you can buy them anyplace that sells electronics like Radio Shack, CompUSA. I see them at Costco. I'm sure even Wal-Mart sells them.

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photolando said:
Just pick up a voltage converter that plugs into cigerette lighter
and use your regular charger. I charge my computers and camera
batteries all the time this way. The one I have is a Belkin I
bought at CompUSA but several companies make them and you can buy
them anyplace that sells electronics like Radio Shack, CompUSA. I
see them at Costco. I'm sure even Wal-Mart sells them.

Mike
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'Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at
change.'
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photolando said:
Just pick up a voltage converter that plugs into cigerette lighter
and use your regular charger. I charge my computers and camera
batteries all the time this way. The one I have is a Belkin I
bought at CompUSA but several companies make them and you can buy
them anyplace that sells electronics like Radio Shack, CompUSA. I
see them at Costco. I'm sure even Wal-Mart sells them.
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Sorry for the double post. I clicked too fast.

If any of the devices you will be powering are wall warts that plug directly into the wall socket, bring your wall wart when you pick out the inverter. Often they have the AC outlet right next to the on/off switch, so you couldn't plug in something like a wall wart. Without using an extension cord.

Wayne Larmon
 
... but to search a little more, huh?

Some of the really cheap voltage inverters available from Sam's and the like work pretty well. The efficiency is way up compared to 20 years ago.

Of course, a DC charger would be just the thing, but the market isn't going to be that huge.
Ken

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... but to search a little more, huh?

By that I thought there is no charger available by the original manufacturers. Should have refrased that. And they should have thought of that.

I reckoned there is an alternative of some sort.

Dabar
 
At least some of the inverters, without any "significant" load, will still drain a car battery dry in 45 minutes. Have your car running while using an inverter, or run it off of a separate 12V battery (AGM, gel cell, motorcycle battery, etc.)

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Hey Dabar, I recall a long time ago before turning "pro" there was a guy working with me at Bank of America In Los Angeles. Good looking guy from

Croatia, and he described Split and Zagreb, and how the Croatians were better than the Serbs and, in any case he told me some dirty words like
what sounds like pizza or pizda. Had great fun!
 
for almost any battery you can imagine. I bought one from them for my canon 300D, 300xt, and their 2400 mah nimh for my flashes. You cant beat their quality and their prices are pretty good also.
 
didn't take the time to look at the other threads, but at radioshack you can pick up an adapter that essentially turns your car's lighter into an outlet. There are some voltage limitations, but you can plug pretty much anything into it... laptop, tv, video games, coffee machine... even a battery charger.

i think they run about $30.
 
boruca said:
Hey Dabar, I recall a long time ago before turning "pro" there was
a guy working with me at Bank of America In Los Angeles. Good
looking guy from
Croatia, and he described Split and Zagreb, and how the Croatians
were better than the Serbs and, in any case he told me some dirty
words like
what sounds like pizza or pizda. Had great fun!
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Ha ha ha ha, somehow none of what he said surprises me, I always wandered about why people tend to teach other people dirty words first :) Anyway, its pizda (pronounced peezda) and it doesn't mean anything that would be ok to mention in this kind of forum :)

cheers, boruca

Dabar
 
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