Longest battery life for consumer camera: Need 1 day &1000 shot life.

[Fraser Stephens]

Subject line said it all really: I need to be able to shoot about 1000 shots in one day, preferably without having to change card or batteries. The card is not a problem, since the resolution required is only 640*480, but the battery life is, since a life of maybe 6 hours with LCD on would be required.

Anyone got any idea how I could achieve this? I know a prosumer camera with extra battery pack might do it (eg CP5000), but have you any other suggestions?

Thanks,

F.

 

[Baywing]

I've never heard of any DC with that kind of battery life, an external battery pack, and a big one at that, is going to be a necessity. On the DSLR side, the D100 gets the best battery life of them all, if you don't use playback and use a CF card (no microdrive) you might get the 1000 shots with 2 batteries, but not likely 1. With the Coolpix series, it would likely be cheaper and lighter to have 3 or 4 batteries, like the EN-EL1, than a bigger battery pack.
Do you really want to carry a car battery?

Subject line said it all really: I need to be able to shoot about
1000 shots in one day, preferably without having to change card or
batteries. The card is not a problem, since the resolution required
is only 640*480, but the battery life is, since a life of maybe 6
hours with LCD on would be required.

Anyone got any idea how I could achieve this? I know a prosumer
camera with extra battery pack might do it (eg CP5000), but have
you any other suggestions?

Thanks,

F.