Camera/batteries?

About your question, I guess you are those Lithium rechargeable batteries, right?

Anyway, please remember the following rules for all rechargeable batteries:

1. First time charge for over night at least (But not more than 24 hours)

2. Never charge your battery when half full / half empty. (This will kill your batteries for sure; even those batteries claim to have no memory effect).

3. Never drop your batteries. (This will also kill your battery, and may cause explosion)

Battery Charger always last much longer than the batteries, therefore NO need to get a new one.

Tips for choose a digital camera: Besides choosing the function, always go for the digital camera, which uses the AA size battery (The one you can get in the store very easy).

This type of camera can use both normal rechargeable AA size Ni-MH batteries (always come with the camera), or also us the AA size alkaline batteries. Those are easy to find in most stores…

And in case you are out for vacation, no need to bring the charger…. Etc.

More convenience, and lower maintenance cost!

Sigh. That's why all of my camera purchases have been made with the view that they use common AA (or other) size nickel metal hydride (NiMH) rechargeable batteries. Given my own and others' experience with rechargeable lithium ion batteries in cameras, cell phones, and laptops, I avoid such batteries in cameras. The original custom fitted lithium ion batteries fail, and by then the manufacturer no longer supports the device (no longer supplies replacement parts etc.). Based on Vivitar's manual for the possibly similar 6300 camera, you may be able to use NiMH batteries. See the WWW site below. My Kodak uses a custom battery pack, but 2 AA NiMH cells fit just fine. The only disadvantage is that I can't charge the batteries using a Kodak docking station. That's hardly a big issue.

Do you have an optical viewfinder? Turn off the monitor and use it if you do. LCD monitors are battery hungry devices. The longer you leave it on, the quicker the batteries will drain. If you MUST use it, set it to turn off after the minimum time offered, such as 5 or 10 seconds. Don't spend too much time reviewing your pictures on your camera. Save that for the computer when you can use a card reader and not drain your camera batteries.

If you do not use rechargeable batteries, get Energizer e2 LITHIUM batteries (or the Duracell equivalent) and you will get much better battery performance.

If your camera uses AA size batteries, then it's much more cost effective to buy rechargeable NiMH (2500) batteries and a charger. When you first buy them, it may take several charging cycles before they reach their full charge. According to Energizer, batteries DO NOT have to be fully drained before charging.

These batteries are designed to self-discharge at the rate of about 1/2 -1% per day when not in use...so remember to charge them a day before or on the day of intended use...or if they have not been used for several weeks or longer, then it may take 2 or 3 charging cycles to reach full capacity.

Energizer also make the e2 Lithium battery (non rechargeable) which are quite powerful (but expensive) perfect to use as a backup battery. They have an amazing shelf life of 15 years, so if you bought a set and never used them, they would last up to 15 years! But that's a bit silly...why would you never use them? lol

Sounds just like my sister's camera. Chargable batteries last longer, but regular batteries are more "hands-on." By "hands-on" I mean you don't have to wait to charge the thing. So, If you have some time on hands DEFINITLY get chargable batteries. If your life has small amounts of free time, get regs. At work, you could possibly charge em.

What kind of batteries does it take? They have car chargers available, but unfortunately you have to take proper care of the batteries to get the best amount of time out of them. Rechargables don't last as long as regular alkaline disposables by my count (AA batteries), but they are great to have multiples around and the rechargables last decent amounts of time and you can keep a lot around and charged for a smaller amount of money. Unfortunately the digicams use a bunch of power so you will have to carry and change frequently unless you have a camera that takes Lithium Ion or other extended charge batteries.

I have a 530 Canon digital camera and use recharagable batteries. At first it may seem costly, but in the long run, you save a lot of money!

Well it would be cheaper if you got rechargable batteries. You could consider spares. I've also heard of batteries specifically made for cammeras, to last longer. I believe they would cost more though

from experience they last a lot longer and saves you money you dont need to spend money on buying new batteries. make sure you buy enough batteries to have atleast 3 sets to charge

Don't bother with alkalines. Use rechargeable NiMH batteries. They will last longer, and are more convenient and economical.