tylersdad1
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My s7000 uses NiMh. They lose their charge very fast. Can anyone recommend an alternate solution?
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pixelshooter
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I also have the s7000. I use Energizer lithium AA's and get very good battery
life. I dont use this camera every single day though. Heres some
comparison info: I also have the Fuji S2. With new lithium batterys I can get
two weeks of daily use during my lunch hour. The same S2 with freashly charged
nickle-metal-hydride gets me and half days shooting (again, daily lunch time walking/shooting). Im my opinion the lithium AA's are the best thing going.
All other rechargable batteries dont hold up. My Sams CLubs sells a pack of 12
Energizer Lithium AA's for $20. If you are set on rechargable batteries you must
get a high end charger. Maha/Powerex are considered the best by several of my
friends. They can charge each cell individually and can also recondition marginal
cells back to life. If your charger needs to charge batteries in "pairs" its probably not doing a good job charging the batteries. Each cell needs to be monitored and charged individually.
life. I dont use this camera every single day though. Heres some
comparison info: I also have the Fuji S2. With new lithium batterys I can get
two weeks of daily use during my lunch hour. The same S2 with freashly charged
nickle-metal-hydride gets me and half days shooting (again, daily lunch time walking/shooting). Im my opinion the lithium AA's are the best thing going.
All other rechargable batteries dont hold up. My Sams CLubs sells a pack of 12
Energizer Lithium AA's for $20. If you are set on rechargable batteries you must
get a high end charger. Maha/Powerex are considered the best by several of my
friends. They can charge each cell individually and can also recondition marginal
cells back to life. If your charger needs to charge batteries in "pairs" its probably not doing a good job charging the batteries. Each cell needs to be monitored and charged individually.
pixelshooter
New member
correction...The S2 with rechargable batteries gets me 1.5 days of lunch time shooting. The lithium clearly outlast the rechargable nickle-metal-hydride batteries
in my usage.
in my usage.
Bad Pic kev
Veteran Member
will lose their change over 500-100 charging cycles. so if yours are old, then i would replace them.
the newer enloops and duracell hybrid batteries hold their charge longer.
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the newer enloops and duracell hybrid batteries hold their charge longer.
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Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the worlds a sunny day, oh yeah
Billx08
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Standard NiMH AA cells do tend to lose their charge pretty rapidly. A couple of years ago a new type of NiMH cells hit the market, called "pre-charged". The reason that they can be used right out of the package without first needing to pop them in a charger is because they have a very slow self-discharge rate. They can actually retain their charge longer than Li-Ion batteries. After charging them you can put them in a drawer and a year or two later they'll still have retained most of their charge. If you check the spec's you'll see that they are usually rated at 2,000 or 2,100 mAh. Don't let this put you off, since in actual use they usually last at least as long as the higher capacity standard 2,700 mAh NiMH AA cells, often much longer. Probably the best known of these are Sanyo's "Eneloop" batteries. RayOVac calls their version "Hybrid". This is what the Hybrids and Eneloops look like, but I haven't seen the nice blue tinted plastic packaging for at least two years. Now Eneloops come in plain old cardboard backed blister packs.
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