What Is a Good Battery Charger for SONY DSC-F828? And What Batteries Are the Best?

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maria - 16 Jun 2007 14:59 GMT

I plugged my battery charger for my Sony DSC-f828
into an outlet in Europe, with a converter, and
... I fried the charger and the battery. Now, I cannot
find that charger anymore. I would appreciate some adsvice
on which battery charger I should get for the F828, and
which ones are the best and more lasting batteris for it.
Is a Mach 1 charger a good choice?
I usually shoot thouands of pictures on my trips and I want
to spend as little time as possible in recharging my batteries.
By the way, I love this camera so much, I bought a second one
last Christmas.
Thank you so much!

maria

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Ed Mullikin - 16 Jun 2007 15:50 GMT

I have the same kind of camera and share your enthusiasm for it but I cannot
explain the "fried" aspect concerning the charger. The charger nameplate
says "100-240V" input and I have used it all over Africa and Asia without a
problem by using an "adapter" to allow me to use their electrical outlets.
Perhaps the "converter" is the problem and should not have been used. I
don't know what a "converter" might do to the wave form of the output
voltage. It might change it to DC which would fry your charger. Just pleg
the charger into the outlet after procuring an "adapter" to configure the
geometry.

>I plugged my battery charger for my Sony DSC-f828
> into an outlet in Europe, with a converter, and
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> maria

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maria - 16 Jun 2007 16:46 GMT

Ed,

Which charger are you talking about? I would like to buy one like
yours.
Thanks!

maria

>I have the same kind of camera and share your enthusiasm for it but I cannot
>explain the "fried" aspect concerning the charger. The charger nameplate
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>> maria

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Ed Mullikin - 16 Jun 2007 18:49 GMT

I have two Sony chargers: One will charge the battery in the camera and the
other will charge the battery out of the camera in its own holder.

The in-camera charger is a Sony AC-L15A
The out-of-camera charger is a Sony AC-VQ50

I would imagine these would be available from the Sony website if you go
there and key in your camera model number. I bought two spare batteries. I
have never used them and I've taken thousands of photos with the original.
Good luck!

> Ed,
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>>> maria

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Tzortzakakis Dimitrios - 16 Jun 2007 21:02 GMT

> I have the same kind of camera and share your enthusiasm for it but I cannot
> explain the "fried" aspect concerning the charger. The charger nameplate
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> the charger into the outlet after procuring an "adapter" to configure the
> geometry.

Usually the converters are just plain transformers that convert 220 V Ac to
110 V Ac.The frequency however reamins unchanged, at 50 Hz, while the grid
frequency in USA is 60 Hz.I can't see how your charger came to harm, since
we were working in a building in the (now abandoned) local US military base,
and they had standard US receptacles (110 Volt) and fluorescent light
fixtures, but the base was draining the Cretan grid which is running at 50
Hz....That was of, course, long before mobile phones and digital
cameras...The base was evacuated in 1992.....

--
Tzortzakakis Dimitrios
major in electrical engineering
mechanized infantry reservist
dimtzort AT otenet DOT gr

> >I plugged my battery charger for my Sony DSC-f828
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cgiorgio - 16 Jun 2007 19:42 GMT

>I plugged my battery charger for my Sony DSC-f828
> into an outlet in Europe, with a converter, and
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> maria

A search for the battery type number (NP-FM50) in eBay should show scores of
compatible batteries and suitable chargers for them.

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maria - 17 Jun 2007 00:14 GMT

>>I plugged my battery charger for my Sony DSC-f828
>> into an outlet in Europe, with a converter, and
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>A search for the battery type number (NP-FM50) in eBay should show scores of
>compatible batteries and suitable chargers for them.

>I have already done that. I got two batteries and two chargers for the F828.

None of the chargers works!
Thank you.

maria

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maria - 17 Jun 2007 02:49 GMT

>>>I plugged my battery charger for my Sony DSC-f828
>>> into an outlet in Europe, with a converter, and
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>maria

I just ordered the SONY AC/DC M SERIES QUICK CHARGER AC-SQ950D NEW.
Thank you guys!

maria

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