Please help me :(--UPDATED STILL NEED HELP!

[jcovercash]

Wasent sure where to post this but. I bought a Canon A10 digital camera today adn the first one i got i though somehting was wrong with it so i took it back. The second one i am having the same problem with.

I can take like 10 pictures then i get a low battery warning. It didnt come with a charger or anything, the batters dont have to be charged i dont think. THey seem to be just plain AA batteries.
What am i doign wrong?


Josh

EDIT---OK I went to Walmart and got 1600MaH Energizer rechargable batteries adn a charger (Cost me $40 more), Well I can now take 20 pictures WOW!!!! That is crappy. Is my camera bad? Should i get a different one? I want a camera that will take around 100 pictures what is one around $249.99 if you think I need a new camera

Josh---EDIT

EDIT #2 --- Ok now i cna take around 108 pictures with it


Josh---EDIT #2

 

[Czar]

only 10 pictures??'
what qality are they in?

 

[jcovercash]

highest quality super fine. but sstill it should take more than 10 pics

 

[gopunk]

sounds right to me... you need to get nimh batteries.

okay well, 10 is a little low, but i don't think the camera is defective. regular alkalines get chewed up by digital cameras...

 

[Czar]

<< sounds right to me... you need to get nimh batteries. >>


yes try that, rechargebles.. they last alot longer.

 

[gopunk]

actually, as we speak, i'm conducting a test on different brands of nimh batteries

the toughest part is finding something that will drain the batteries fairly quickly... my digital camera is taking forever, even with flash on...

anybody have any ideas on draining 4 AA nimh batts quickly?

 

[gittyup]

Don't digital camera eat regular batteries? You may want to try the rechargeable NiMH batteries.

 

[UberNeuman]

Yeah, they do eat those AA's - if you use the cam's LCD screen, like on mine... Better look into those rechargeable NiMH batteries.

 

[jcovercash]

If i get the rechargable ones about how much longer will they last

Josh

 

[Czar]

<< If i get the rechargable ones about how much longer will they last

Josh >>



wayy longer, not sure for how much, last me about a day taking 100 pictures with the LCD screen on when I take the pictures.
But however you look at it buy rechargables for your digital camera, it is worth it.

 

[gopunk]

i'm testing the sanyo industrial ones... the green ones, and i got tired of taking pictures. plus they can be recharged thousands of times... you'll definitely save a lot of money, trust me!

some good places online to get batts are thomas-distributing.com and ripvan100.com. brands to look for are sanyo, maha... i've yet to test gp but those are supposed to be good too.

 

[jcovercash]

OK so if i go to walmart and get some rechargable batteries, i want them tonight, will those last me aobut 5 times longer? and if they dont its my camera right?


Josh

 

[gopunk]

yea... but make sure they're nimh and not nicd. also look to see the capacity rating, you want something 1600 mAh +. alot of times they'll try to give you some 1200 ones or something.

 

[jcovercash]

are the 1200 ones bad? I think that is what walmart has

 

[gopunk]

well they're not *bad*, just not as good. the higher the number is, the longer it lasts, basically. but you can't compare different battery types, like alkaline to nimh, you have to compare the same types.

 

[jcovercash]

 

[gopunk]

is it consistent with 20 pictures or have you only tried it once? sometimes you have to break them in a little...

 

[jcovercash]

I tried it once witht the rechargeable ones. It is a quick charger 1 hour. And after they went dead the first time, I put them in the charger and they charged in 10 mins except for one whitch is still charging 15 mins later. IDK

Josh

 

[gopunk]

except for the one that is still charging?

i dunno, cycle through the batteries a few times more, but if it's still at 20 after that, it might be your camera. i dunno about the canon a10 in particular, but most cameras i know can take more than 20 with nimh batts.

good luck.

 

[jcovercash]

Ok Thanks for your help and yes its still charging only 1 of them three are done but that one is still going

Josh

 

[gopunk]

that's really weird, they shoudl finish together since they started out all empty. what kind of charger did you get?

 

[jcovercash]

I got a RayoVac 1- Hour Charger. It came with 2 batterys witch i am not using. I bought 4 1600 Energizers

 

[gopunk]

n/m, just saw a pic of it.

did it take you an hour when you first charged them?

 

[jcovercash]

Yea just aobut. The last battery just finish. It took about an hour the first time i didnt really pay attention.

I am gonna try the batterys again now since they recharged

Josh

 

[perry]

My S100 with the little battery pack will take a good 60 pictures on medium quality and have enough juice left to upload them via the USB connection. Never taken more pictures than that at once, so I'm not sure how long it'll actually last. The low battery light will come on after about 50 pictures.

I would suggest one of those and an extra battery pack, but them damn battery packs are expensive!