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buying a digital camera soon
DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: Sephroth57 on December 29, 2004, 12:42:17 am ---couldnt you have just picked up some duracells instead? =p
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For whatever reason, my camera eats alkalines at an ALARMING rate.
I have no idea why it is, and when I asked a relative who works in a high end camera shop, he could only tell me "some cameras are like that". ???
If I get some of those cheaper alkalines, I can snap ~5-10 pics before it goes to half used, and ~15-20 before I have to change them. Duracells or Energizers are about the same to a touch more. Most I've ever gotten from an alkaline was ~35, IIRC. They were some wierd energizer, those all-silver colored ones.
The camera came supplied with rechargeables (it's a Sony) and I have no idea if they can "tune" the camera's power requirements to deal better with 'em, but it just IS that way. I can snap off at least 45-50 pics before I notice the need to replace the batteries.
scooter:
I would highly recommend Thomas Distributing for all of your rechargable-battery needs.
Thomas Distributing
mcdo15:
I AM looking at the Nikon 5400 coolpix
it 500 before 200 rebate so 300 bucks for an awssome 5 mp camera
JoyMonkey:
--- Quote from: Sephroth57 on December 29, 2004, 12:42:17 am ---yeah so im definately buying that camera for 220$ shipped from that site, im sure i can find compact flash cards cheaper somewhere else though. i want minimum 256MB but if i can find it cheap enough i want a 512MB
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These Sandisk Ultra II cards are awesome. I have a 256mb one and it writes way faster than any other CF card I've used. Pretty cheap too.
Sephroth57:
hey i ordered the canon A85, didnt get it yet. But they had to call me to confirm my shipping address, and when i was talkin to the guy he was trying to sell me ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, i kept sayin no no, but he asked me if i got a card and i said i ordered one already from somewhere else ( i got the sandisk ultra you linked me to), and he was spewing some crap about how they suck and will have a 7 second lag time cause 1. its not a "high speed" card, and 2. a 512MB is too big for a point and click camera. how the hell can something be too big? unless these flash cards work nothing like normal harddrives or memory that i learned about in computer class i dont see how size will affect speed at all. is this guy just trying to sell me crap i dont need or what?