Digital Camera tips and advice

Digital Camera Batteries

When it comes to camera batteries, I feel jinxed. I have a really nice digital camera, and I have to have special batteries for it. They don’t recommend AA for it, and even if they did, that would never work. AA batteries always seem to die in about an hour in a digital camera anyway, so that would be a huge waste of money. My camera recommended two different types of batteries so I went with the first one that I could find. It was a good brand, and it seemed to be a common battery. I saw that this type was made by a variety of companies, so I thought they wouldn’t be that hard to find in the future.

My wife actually found the camera batteries that I needed. She found a rechargeable version that came with an adaptor so I could charge the battery in my car. The price was really good too, and I took it home and charged it over night. The camera batteries worked great, and they charged in about two hours after the initial charge, and they lasted a lot longer than the AA ever would.

When it came time to go on vacation this year, I thought it might be a good idea to get some extra rechargeable camera batteries so I wasn’t left without a camera while waiting for a charge. I went back to the store where I bought the rechargeable and found that they didn’t have any more. I didn’t get worried until I went into five different stores looking for my specific camera batteries and came home empty handed.

As it turned out, they had discontinued the camera batteries that I need. You can buy them in the disposable variety, but I wasn’t going to find another of this type that I can recharge. This means that I either spend a lot of money buying disposable camera batteries or I switch to the other type my camera will take. I have to invest in a new charger all over again in order to have a spare rechargeable. Too top it all off, my daughter has hidden the charger I have for my current battery, so I can’t even use that now. Wouldn’t you know I’ve seen a rainbow, my daughter colored herself with marker, and we had Thanksgiving dinner with family all within the last twenty-four hours. So much for saving the memories.