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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / December 2006Battery Charger
To cover all bases, I'm carrying three battery chargers in my camera bag. One for my Canon 30D batteries (BP511), one for my Sony P&S camera (NP-BG1), and one for rechargeable AA batteries for flash and misc. There's gotta be a better way! Anyone know of a 'universal' charger, or at least some more flexible system? TIA. >To cover all bases, I'm carrying three battery chargers in my camera bag. >One for my Canon 30D batteries (BP511), one for my Sony P&S camera [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >TIA. I know the problem. You might have purchased a P&S that uses AA's. I do not know of a DLSR that uses AA's. Jack >>To cover all bases, I'm carrying three battery chargers in my camera bag. >>One for my Canon 30D batteries (BP511), one for my Sony P&S camera [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >I know the problem. You might have purchased a P&S that uses AA's. I >do not know of a DLSR that uses AA's. All the Pentax DSLRs to date have used AAs, although this is about to change - the forthcoming K10D uses a proprietary battery. >><SNIP> > >I know the problem. You might have purchased a P&S that uses AA's. I >do not know of a DLSR that uses AA's. > >Jack Fuji S3 Pro. Warren >>I know the problem. You might have purchased a P&S that uses AA's. >>I >>do not know of a DLSR that uses AA's. > > Fuji S3 Pro. And almost any DSLR that can use a battery grip such as the Canon Rebel XT/i, 20D, 30D, 5D, Nikon D80, D200, etc. They include an AA battery cartridge that inserts into the grip and allows alkaline, Ni-Cad,or Ni-MH cells to be used, as well as the option to use the regular Li-Ion battery packs. >>>I know the problem. You might have purchased a P&S that uses AA's. I >>>do not know of a DLSR that uses AA's. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > cells to be used, as well as the option to use the regular Li-Ion battery > packs. I haven't tried it with my 30D, but folks with the 20D & grip report very short battery life with AAs in the grip. Mark >> And almost any DSLR that can use a battery grip such as the Canon >> Rebel XT/i, 20D, 30D, 5D, Nikon D80, D200, etc. They include an AA [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I haven't tried it with my 30D, but folks with the 20D & grip report > very short battery life with AAs in the grip. I've read the same thing. It seems there's a design issue with the grips from Canon - using any type of AA cell seems to produce very short shooting times. The battery level indicator may show a low charge, even with fresh cells in the grip. I've never really had the opportunity to test it since I didn't keep a grip on my XT. However, I remember using AA cells, both alkaline and Ni-Cad, in my old film bodies with grips and they all worked well. It doesn't make any sense really - a fresh set of Ni-MH cells will give a reading of 8.4v to the camera, which is identical to what the Li-Ion packs produce when fully charged. The voltage drop of the Ni-MH is a bit faster at first, but it should not cause a "dead" condition after a dozen shots since the dead battery pack voltage is about 6.5v which is close to what dead Ni-MH cells produce in a set of six. Makes me wonder if Canon designed it like that on purpose to get people to use their proprietary Li-Ion packs instead of AA cells (which would be nothing more than a greedy attitude). > >To cover all bases, I'm carrying three battery chargers in my camera bag. > >One for my Canon 30D batteries (BP511), one for my Sony P&S camera [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I know the problem. You might have purchased a P&S that uses AA's. I > do not know of a DLSR that uses AA's. Late reply but a lot of the Canon PowerShot G* models use the same BP511 batteries as the 30D etc.  SignatureJon B Above email address IS valid. <http://www.bramley-computers.co.uk/> Apple Laptop Repairs. > To cover all bases, I'm carrying three battery chargers in my camera > bag. One for my Canon 30D batteries (BP511), one for my Sony P&S [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > TIA. The vertical grip for the 30D allows AA use, though I can't say how efficient that is. It works fairly well with my 5D/grip, but I haven't used it for a full discharge, and so can't comment on efficiency of AA use. I am assuming it isn't the best, and bring the AA magazine only as a back-up. If you go this route, you'll definitely want to avoid alkaline, and use NiMh. It does begin to be annoying while traveling. This is one reason that attracted me to Canon's M-80 media storage device--because it uses the same battery as the 5D/30D. -But alas...it isn't being marketed to the US(!!). SignatureImages (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at: www.pbase.com/markuson > To cover all bases, I'm carrying three battery chargers in my camera bag. > One for my Canon 30D batteries (BP511), one for my Sony P&S camera > (NP-BG1), and one for rechargeable AA batteries for flash and misc. > > There's gotta be a better way! Anyone know of a 'universal' charger, or at > least some more flexible system? I've got a generic LiIon charger that I picked up at Best Buy. It will charge my BP511, Sony camcorder batteries, and my SD-110 battery. Won't do AA's, but those are NiMH. |
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