takes 2-AA batteries. wouldn't expect the camera to last more than a few hours of real use. nice that you can find batteries anywhere for it if you run out but also nice that most camera's come with lithium battery that will last days/weeks of continuous use.
Alalines run down fast but modern LSD NimH cells work nice in this. I have a family member who has one of these and is very happy with it. It's bulky but easier to use for people lacking fine motor control (aka old folks with shaky hands).
takes 2-AA batteries. wouldn't expect the camera to last more than a few hours of real use. nice that you can find batteries anywhere for it if you run out but also nice that most camera's come with lithium battery that will last days/weeks of continuous use.
I have this model and it does require good AA batteries, however I found a few good brands which last for quite a while even when shooting video. I'm very happy with my choice. One good battery is Power 2000 on , it's close to 3000mAh and charges fast. So the battery is not an issue.
Yeah, if you already have a fleet of LSD NiMH's, these are great cameras, and you can share batteries between your camera, flashlight, walkie talkie, or whatever else. If you're starting from scratch, just get something with a proprietary lithium whatever -- it'll be smaller and lighter.
According to the following review battery life is sometimes < 100 shots but that increases with some features turned off and used only to shoot, no fiddling with previews or continual auto-focusing or changing zoom a lot (as with any camera).
I guess it depends on your needs. That's not many pics for a "semi"-modern camera but the quality to price ratio is high.
Also, some newer generation cameras sip power so miserly that "IF" they were designed to use AA cells, they would have low enough drain rate to get a fair # of shots from alkalines.
For example year ago I had a cheap Samsung PNS that could only get about 20 shots with alkalines but my newer PNS could probably get over 150 "IF" it were set up to use AA instead of Li-Ion.
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I have this model and it does require good AA batteries, however I found a few good brands which last for quite a while even when shooting video. I'm very happy with my choice. One good battery is Power 2000 on , it's close to 3000mAh and charges fast. So the battery is not an issue.
I guess it depends on your needs. That's not many pics for a "semi"-modern camera but the quality to price ratio is high.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canon-powershot-sx150-is/5
Also, some newer generation cameras sip power so miserly that "IF" they were designed to use AA cells, they would have low enough drain rate to get a fair # of shots from alkalines.
For example year ago I had a cheap Samsung PNS that could only get about 20 shots with alkalines but my newer PNS could probably get over 150 "IF" it were set up to use AA instead of Li-Ion.
Thank you!