Battery life/extenal power

Sorry Norm,
I must not have been clear... the Car adapter would plug into the 12v batt
pak.
The 12v pak I saw was for a Vid. Cam light.
I need just decide on a dang camera.. and see how the batteries last!
Thanks
Dan R.



"Norm" <nbana.DeleteThis@nospamtampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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 > Dan, I've never seen a camera that would run off of 12v dc directly.
There
 > are battery chargers that will run off the cigarette adapter or AC. A
 > battery pack is relatively simple to put together, just a matter of
matching
 > the voltage. You could slap together 4 D cell batteries in a battery pack
 > and wire it to you camera with the right cables and get about 5 times the
 > capacity of AA but D cells aren't cheap. Or you could buy an AC adapter
for
 > the camera and run it off an inverter in your car, you could take more
 > pictures that you would ever want providing you took them all from your
car.
 > While battery life is important most cameras today get a lot of mileage
from
 > high capacity NiMH batteries. Get a few extra sets and you can take a lot
 > of pictures.
 > "Dan R" <doktterSPAMLESS.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
 > news:vk6005ceenisb1@corp.supernews.com...
  > > Somewhere I have seen a 12v batt./ pak on a belt. And as I have read so
 > much
  > > about short digital batterylife. Has anyone used this or similar bat Pak
 > and
  > > a Cigarette adapter for the Camera to keep shooting.. and shooting.. and
  > > shooting? Does it work? or do the Cig. lighter adapters only provide
  > > charging? not shooting power? (This may be model dependent) Your
 > comments,
  > > URL for this or similar product?
  > >
  > > I am getting close to purchasing my first Dig. Cam. thanks for you
 > input!!
  > >
  > > Dan R.
  > >
  > >
  > >
 >
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I've seen a few battery packs on ebay for about $35.00 or so. They state
they are 3600ma or is that mh, and that they can be recharged up to 1500
times. Im still sitting on the fence with them on whether to buy one or
not, but basically they just hook onto your belt, then plug into the cameras
charge plug. For my camera that would be equivelant to about 3 of the
regular batteries for my camera so about 3x's the shooting time. I believe
but dont hold me to it, that they can be recharged either via household
outlet or car lighter, but check to be sure.

"Dan R" <doktterSPAMLESS.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > Sorry Norm,
 > I must not have been clear... the Car adapter would plug into the 12v batt
 > pak.
 > The 12v pak I saw was for a Vid. Cam light.
 > I need just decide on a dang camera.. and see how the batteries last!
 > Thanks
 > Dan R.
 >
 >
 >
 > "Norm" <nbana.TakeThisOut@nospamtampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
 > news:niX0b.67354$On2.3285668@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
  > > Dan, I've never seen a camera that would run off of 12v dc directly.
 > There
  > > are battery chargers that will run off the cigarette adapter or AC. A
  > > battery pack is relatively simple to put together, just a matter of
 > matching
  > > the voltage. You could slap together 4 D cell batteries in a battery
pack
  > > and wire it to you camera with the right cables and get about 5 times
the
  > > capacity of AA but D cells aren't cheap. Or you could buy an AC adapter
 > for
  > > the camera and run it off an inverter in your car, you could take more
  > > pictures that you would ever want providing you took them all from your
 > car.
  > > While battery life is important most cameras today get a lot of mileage
 > from
  > > high capacity NiMH batteries. Get a few extra sets and you can take a
lot
  > > of pictures.
  > > "Dan R" <doktterSPAMLESS.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
  > > news:vk6005ceenisb1@corp.supernews.com...
   > > > Somewhere I have seen a 12v batt./ pak on a belt. And as I have read
so
  > > much
   > > > about short digital batterylife. Has anyone used this or similar bat
Pak
  > > and
   > > > a Cigarette adapter for the Camera to keep shooting.. and shooting..
and
   > > > shooting? Does it work? or do the Cig. lighter adapters only provide
   > > > charging? not shooting power? (This may be model dependent) Your
  > > comments,
   > > > URL for this or similar product?
   > > >
   > > > I am getting close to purchasing my first Dig. Cam. thanks for you
  > > input!!
   > > >
   > > > Dan R.
   > > >
   > > >
   > > >
  > >
  > >
 >
 >


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"GamePlayer No. 1058" <nospamreader RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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 > I've seen a few battery packs on ebay for about $35.00 or so. They state
 > they are 3600ma or is that mh, and that they can be recharged up to 1500
 > times. Im still sitting on the fence with them on whether to buy one or
 > not, but basically they just hook onto your belt, then plug into the
cameras
 > charge plug. For my camera that would be equivelant to about 3 of the
 > regular batteries for my camera so about 3x's the shooting time. I
believe
 > but dont hold me to it, that they can be recharged either via household
 > outlet or car lighter, but check to be sure.
 >

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Sorry, only just seen this post.
I've been using the 2CRS maxi power belt pack see
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.2cr5.co.uk/start_shop.html" target="_blank">http://www.2cr5.co.uk/start_shop.html</a> for quite a while.
As an example of the batttery life, I recently went on holiday to Ireland
and took about 100 shots, reviewed them and showed them round in the camera,
before I recharged the pack.

It's a bit clumsey having the pack on your belt, or in my case attached to
the camera strap, but the battery life is worth the bother.

Do have to say, that when I got it I think they were having problems, 'cause
I had to wait 4 weeks for it to arrive and then there were some problems
with the connector.

Cheers

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On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 17:57:10 +0100, "Wirral John"
<istherelifeinwirral.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote:

 >
 >"GamePlayer No. 1058" <nospamreader.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
 >news:bi3lcj$4v8cf$1@ID-194553.news.uni-berlin.de...
  >> I've seen a few battery packs on ebay for about $35.00 or so. They state
  >> they are 3600ma or is that mh, and that they can be recharged up to 1500
  >> times. Im still sitting on the fence with them on whether to buy one or
  >> not, but basically they just hook onto your belt, then plug into the
 >cameras
  >> charge plug. For my camera that would be equivelant to about 3 of the
  >> regular batteries for my camera so about 3x's the shooting time. I
 >believe
  >> but dont hold me to it, that they can be recharged either via household
  >> outlet or car lighter, but check to be sure.
  >>
 >
 >< snip >
 >
 >Sorry, only just seen this post.
 >I've been using the 2CRS maxi power belt pack see
 >http://www.2cr5.co.uk/start_shop.html for quite a while.
 >As an example of the batttery life, I recently went on holiday to Ireland
 >and took about 100 shots, reviewed them and showed them round in the camera,
 >before I recharged the pack.
 >
 >It's a bit clumsey having the pack on your belt, or in my case attached to
 >the camera strap, but the battery life is worth the bother.
 >
 >Do have to say, that when I got it I think they were having problems, 'cause
 >I had to wait 4 weeks for it to arrive and then there were some problems
 >with the connector.
 >
 >Cheers
 >
 >John
 >

You can now get AA's rated at 2200mAh (MilliAmpereHours) maybe more,
so a 3600 mAh battery wouldn't even be equal to two sets of AAs.
Plus you wouldn't have to wear an extra belt!

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