Hello,
I played around with my newly purchase SD10 for a week now and so far, I really like the "simplicity" of the camera. You have to take your time, choose the correct settings and composition, etc. No more click click click and let the camera do all the work! Anyway, that great but the battery consumption of th DS10 is not! I knew that the SD10 was a battery junky, but I was not expecting that much. When I forst got the camera, I used a ~two months old NiMh (2100 mAh) that I bought for my Nikon flash. I took about 30 pictures before experiencing a locked camera (a "CF" on the display after the red light when off and a blinking battery when I turn the camera off). When I turned the camera on again, I was able to shoot a few dozen more pictures before having the same shutdown problem. I then decided to charge my batteries and meanwhile, I had a new set of Energizer Ultimate Lithium (supposably the best longing battery ever produced so far... that is according to Energizer...). I managed to shoot a few more pictures, maybe 50-75 before having the same problems. I then bought a brand new set of rechargeable Energizer 2300 mAh. Guess what, 30 shots before a frozen camera. Now, I not sure I completely drained the batteries each time, but I was told that I don't want to do that while the SD10 is writing a picture to the card. Something about completely frozing the camera or someting like that.
Is this a common problem? Will have have more automony with CR3V batteries? I was also planning to buy (if I can find one) a battery grip, but I not if I will only double (~80 pictures) what I currently have with my current set.
One last thing, I always plug the AC adapter before downloading my pictures using the firewire cable.
Anyway, any comments on your own experience will be appreciated!
Thanks!
Sébastien
I played around with my newly purchase SD10 for a week now and so far, I really like the "simplicity" of the camera. You have to take your time, choose the correct settings and composition, etc. No more click click click and let the camera do all the work! Anyway, that great but the battery consumption of th DS10 is not! I knew that the SD10 was a battery junky, but I was not expecting that much. When I forst got the camera, I used a ~two months old NiMh (2100 mAh) that I bought for my Nikon flash. I took about 30 pictures before experiencing a locked camera (a "CF" on the display after the red light when off and a blinking battery when I turn the camera off). When I turned the camera on again, I was able to shoot a few dozen more pictures before having the same shutdown problem. I then decided to charge my batteries and meanwhile, I had a new set of Energizer Ultimate Lithium (supposably the best longing battery ever produced so far... that is according to Energizer...). I managed to shoot a few more pictures, maybe 50-75 before having the same problems. I then bought a brand new set of rechargeable Energizer 2300 mAh. Guess what, 30 shots before a frozen camera. Now, I not sure I completely drained the batteries each time, but I was told that I don't want to do that while the SD10 is writing a picture to the card. Something about completely frozing the camera or someting like that.
Is this a common problem? Will have have more automony with CR3V batteries? I was also planning to buy (if I can find one) a battery grip, but I not if I will only double (~80 pictures) what I currently have with my current set.
One last thing, I always plug the AC adapter before downloading my pictures using the firewire cable.
Anyway, any comments on your own experience will be appreciated!
Thanks!
Sébastien