The Ni-MH AA batteries have twice the amp hour rating of the NiCad AA
batteries.
Mike Westfield
P-15 #2248
Water Toy
Union City, Ca
Rye Gewalt wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I think we all have been romancing digital cameras and thought I'd
> pass
> this along....
>
> I went to radio Shack and spent $19.95 on their Ni-MH battery charger
> and battery set. It has four Ni-MH AA batteries and a cute little
> charger. NiMHs require special chargers. Anyway, it's really great
> in
> my camera and the charged batteries seem to last much longer than
> Alkalines. The camera wants to see full output from the batteries and
>
> Alkalines seem to go to about 3/4 charge pretty quickly and then are
> useless in the camera -- and they take a while to recover each flash
> pictures. The NiMHs seem much better and recharge over night (9 hrs)
> --
> but don't "quick charge".
>
> I was getting sick of putting spending bucks on new Alkalines every
> thirty or so pictures. Maybe other cameras are more tolerant of the
> Alkalines -- but my Olympus 340L sure isn't. Some of the newer
> alkalines from Duracell made specifically for cameras last
> considerably
> longer, but are also considerably more expensive.
>
> ...back to keel weight discussions. I'm off to the boat for a morning
>
> on the Potomac.
>
> Regards
> Rye
>
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