have an cannon powershot a95 and rechargeable 2500 mah battery drains like no tomorrow.

[Solodays]

when i first brought this digital camera i didnt know they consume so much power. so i went out and brought 4x aa energizer 2500mah, battery life is pretty decent, but if idle for just few days they will drain to the bottom.

wth, is this normal for all rechargeable batteries?


http://www.usa.canon.com/consu...ryid=145&modelid=10468

 

[TheChort]

As far as I know, any battery will drain if just left sitting in a turned off camera. I also know that regular AA/AAA batteries drain much faster than the standard rechargeable ones. But what you're describing sounds like a problem with the camera. How new is it? Maybe you can send it back to Canon and get a new one. If it's still covered under warranty, I doubt they'll hassle you.

 

[Solodays]

all batteries drain, but not in just few days. a single aa battery on my clock has last me 2+ years now, also my tv remote.

ive own the camera for about ...2 years ?

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: TheChort
As far as I know, any battery will drain if just left sitting in a turned off camera. I also know that regular AA/AAA batteries drain much faster than the standard rechargeable ones. But what you're describing sounds like a problem with the camera. How new is it? Maybe you can send it back to Canon and get a new one. If it's still covered under warranty, I doubt they'll hassle you.

Eh? Don't regular alkalines maintain their charge way better then nimhs/nicds?

OP, maybe you should try some different batteries to see if it really is the camera.

Otherwise, costcos have those great sanyo enelopes for like 25 bucks.

 

[TheChort]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: TheChort
As far as I know, any battery will drain if just left sitting in a turned off camera. I also know that regular AA/AAA batteries drain much faster than the standard rechargeable ones. But what you're describing sounds like a problem with the camera. How new is it? Maybe you can send it back to Canon and get a new one. If it's still covered under warranty, I doubt they'll hassle you.

Eh? Don't regular alkalines maintain their charge way better then nimhs/nicds?

OP, maybe you should try some different batteries to see if it really is the camera.

Otherwise, costcos have those great sanyo enelopes for like 25 bucks.

My bad, I guess I'm mixing things up here.

 

[magomago]

I know that they lose about 1% a day....

I didn't use a set of rechargeable for 3 weeks that I finally popped in my camera on Sunday and I still pulled 200 shots with IS turned on, as well as accidentally left it on overnight connected to the computer...and only then was it drained...

something sounds wrong for the battery to drain all the way within a few days...

 

[Jawo]

I have the A95 as well...and the batteries shouldnt drain that much! I have had it sitting around for weeks, and still could take ~200 pics on a set of batteries. This was even after I was rather ungentle with the camera.