S400 - should i buy an extra battery?

Binen · Jun 29, 2003

hello all,

I'm planing to buy PowerShot s400 for a 3 months trip. on some weeks I will only be able to recharge batteries once every 4-5 days.

should i buy an extra battery for the trip?

please relate to flash, number of pictures, etc.

(i didn't understand anything on battery life from the review... it's too complicated...

TJOsX · Jun 29, 2003

Binen said:
hello all,

I'm planing to buy PowerShot s400 for a 3 months trip. on some
weeks I will only be able to recharge batteries once every 4-5 days.
should i buy an extra battery for the trip?

I would suggest that you buy two extra batteries. On a recent trip to Hawaii with my S50 (similar battery life) I found that I got about 100 shots on a charge (if I only used the flash a few times per 100). I was taking about 70-100 pictures per day. So if you are only going to recharge once every 4-5 days I think you will sometimes find that some great pictures will get away (some sort of Murphy's law about the best pictures are waiting to be taken just when you battery or CF card runs out).

Ted

Raghu1111 · Jun 29, 2003

In general its a good idea to have an extra battery with s400 since it does not have a battery meter. So you won't know almost until its dead that you need to replace the battery.

Ron Parr posted a link in this forum to buy a replacement batter for $8.99.

regd, how many photos you can shoot with a single battery, I am not sure.. I heard people talk about 200+.

Binen said:
hello all,

I'm planing to buy PowerShot s400 for a 3 months trip. on some
weeks I will only be able to recharge batteries once every 4-5 days.

should i buy an extra battery for the trip?

please relate to flash, number of pictures, etc.

(i didn't understand anything on battery life from the review...
it's too complicated...

graph (g3) · Jun 29, 2003

Atleast 1 more battery and another CF card incase one goes bad/corrupted. buy a tripod too.

Jonavin · Jun 29, 2003

I agree. Even though the battery life is amazing on the S400 (I've gotten over 200 shots on one charge with LCD on), it's still handy to have an extra battery so that you're never caught without any battery. On this camera there's hardly any warning when the battery will die.

graph (g3) said:
Atleast 1 more battery and another CF card incase one goes
bad/corrupted. buy a tripod too.

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Jonavin (Canon S400, S30, EOS Elan II)
http://www.pbase.com/jonavin/

dura · Jun 29, 2003

Absolutely, get another battery. I agree with the posters above one will give about 100 shots...but you can't compare that with film, where 100 shots get you through a week; with digital, especially an ew DC, you might do 100 in a day.
Come home throw 85 away, hopefully end with 5 brilliant and 10 good shots a day.

That's one very strong point of DC's: you can allow to take each shot several times, it's free, no variable costs. But that is after the investment in DC, batteries and cards.

--
My S400 pics:
http://www.pbase.com/dura/s400

Mike Szatny · Jun 29, 2003

I got one and seems to work great.

http://store.yahoo.com/sterlingtek/ln04-canon-nb-1l-dlc1l.html

MS

dura said:
Absolutely, get another battery. I agree with the posters above one
will give about 100 shots...but you can't compare that with film,
where 100 shots get you through a week; with digital, especially an
ew DC, you might do 100 in a day.
Come home throw 85 away, hopefully end with 5 brilliant and 10 good
shots a day.
That's one very strong point of DC's: you can allow to take each
shot several times, it's free, no variable costs. But that is after
the investment in DC, batteries and cards.

--
My S400 pics:
http://www.pbase.com/dura/s400

Chris Chenault · Sep 23, 2003

Hi:

I would suggest that you take an extra battery on your trip (and not just because I sell them!), our newest batteries do last for several hundred shots normally but,... When it comes down to brass tacks it's a whole lot better to always have a backup for a once in a lifetime experience.

I hope that you enjoy your trip!

Chris Chenault
VP. SterlingTEK
http://www.sterlingtek.com

Mike Szatny said:
http://store.yahoo.com/sterlingtek/ln04-canon-nb-1l-dlc1l.html

MS

dura said:

Absolutely, get another battery. I agree with the posters above one
will give about 100 shots...but you can't compare that with film,
where 100 shots get you through a week; with digital, especially an
ew DC, you might do 100 in a day.
Come home throw 85 away, hopefully end with 5 brilliant and 10 good
shots a day.
That's one very strong point of DC's: you can allow to take each
shot several times, it's free, no variable costs. But that is after
the investment in DC, batteries and cards.

--
My S400 pics:
http://www.pbase.com/dura/s400

Click to expand...

May · Sep 23, 2003

The subject correctly lists the price as $8.99. According to their website, shipping and handling is $6.99 The total price is therefore $15.98.

May

Chris Chenault said:
I would suggest that you take an extra battery on your trip (and
not just because I sell them!), our newest batteries do last for
several hundred shots normally but,... When it comes down to brass
tacks it's a whole lot better to always have a backup for a once in
a lifetime experience.

I hope that you enjoy your trip!

Chris Chenault
VP. SterlingTEK
http://www.sterlingtek.com

Mike Szatny said:

http://store.yahoo.com/sterlingtek/ln04-canon-nb-1l-dlc1l.html

MS

dura said:

Absolutely, get another battery. I agree with the posters above one
will give about 100 shots...but you can't compare that with film,
where 100 shots get you through a week; with digital, especially an
ew DC, you might do 100 in a day.
Come home throw 85 away, hopefully end with 5 brilliant and 10 good
shots a day.
That's one very strong point of DC's: you can allow to take each
shot several times, it's free, no variable costs. But that is after
the investment in DC, batteries and cards.

--
My S400 pics:
http://www.pbase.com/dura/s400

Click to expand...

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