Digital Camera Battery Low After 10 Mins?

Kimberley

My Camaras battery life doesn't last very long. I put in two brand new Duracell batteries in and after 10 mins of using it the camera says battery low, how comes? Is the camera faulty?

How long should the batteries last?

sleep2much

What type of camera is this? Most digital cameras use special lithium or better batteries, my old sony camera has the option to use aa batteries as a back up, but they only last about an hour at most, the real battery lasts about 4-6 hours, my new sony camera has a little special battery and lasts ages.

Kimberley

sleep2much wrote: »

What type of camera is this? Most digital cameras use special lithium or better batteries, my old sony camera has the option to use aa batteries as a back up, but they only last about an hour at most, the real battery lasts about 4-6 hours, my new sony camera has a little special battery and lasts ages.

Samsung 10.1mp Digimax D103. All it came with when bought was 2 x AA batteries and didn't mention anything about a Lithium battery. So if it had the Lithium battery they only last 6 hours? Thats not that long is it?

Do I need a new camera then?

Kimberley

Just Googled the camera and read some reviews on it and it says that this camera doesn't work well with disposable batteries and Samsung recommend Nimh Battery 2500mAh- 3000mAh. What are they? I'll be back later :beer:

Stompa

Some reviews here:

http://www.ciao.co.uk/Samsung_DigiMax_D103__6609757

which describe how it 'eats' batteries (most cameras don't last long on alkaline AA's). Your best bet is to try some rechargeable AA NiMH batteries (with as high a capacity as you can find).

sleep2much

looks like you got palmed off with a cheap option, you should have got the http://www.microwarehouse.co.uk/catalogue/item/SAMDCA24 batteries that are decent enough to handle a camera of this size, and of course are rechargable, I'm surprised your aa's last 20 minutes after having a quick look at your cameras spec.

Little_John

It all depends how you are useing your camera. in 10 minutes you could take quite a few photos and if yhey use the flash yes the batteries could run low in such a short time.

lithium batteries are speciall batteries that pretty much are only used in cameras they used to be used in film cameras but some digital cameras use them also. your camera uses AA's which are not lithium.

Digital cameras are very power hungry and getting 6 hours from any batteries is good, yes the lithium ons may get close but I go through 4 batteries a day when I am out with my camera and they are special rechargables for the camera

try a few things like turning the flash off and takeing shots to see if it makes a difference and the other thing make sure the batteries you put in were new and not som that have beed removed from a device and stuck in a drawer.

Your best bet is to get some high power recharagbles running any digital camera on normall even alkie battteries will be expensive.

Zazen999

The biggest user of batteries on any camera is the LCD screen; which is why on an SLR [which you frame your picture using the viewfinder only] the battery lasts up to 2000 images [at least, my Nikon does]; whereas on a tiny Canon point and shoot it does good to last 10-15 minutes.
If you can compose image through the eyepiece; turn the LCD off; and try to minimise the flash if you can [sometimes it is impossible I know, but there are ways]. And as mentioned, change to the rechargeable ones.

superscaper

Zazen999 wrote: »

If you can compose image through the eyepiece; turn the LCD off;

I think most digital compacts nowadays don't have a viewfinder.

carolinela

i had the same problem but with a different camera. you need to use rechargeable batteries.

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Also make sure the flash is turned off unless you really need it because that consumes batteries at an alarming rate.