Recommendation please for a digital camera that doesn't eat batteries.

Snoopy_rules

At the moment I have a nikon coolpix 2100, but want to take it on holiday with me and know that this camera will be no good. It eats batteries within a matter of hours. Just wondered if anyone could recommend something at a reasonably cheap price that would be more servicable for a 2 week holiday.

Lakeuk

Go for a camera that takes AA's, and use rechargeables - Canon have a good range - how much do you want to spent?

devizes18193

i do not think there is 1 . rechargeables are the way to fly

espresso

Snoopy_rules wrote: »

At the moment I have a nikon coolpix 2100, but want to take it on holiday with me and know that this camera will be no good. It eats batteries within a matter of hours. Just wondered if anyone could recommend something at a reasonably cheap price that would be more servicable for a 2 week holiday.

What type of batteries does it eat? If you are using disposable batteries, you are simply wasting money. Get a good quality charger e.g. here and a spare set of batteries, so that you always have one set charged up ready.

ormus

all digital cameras eat the normal dry batteries. some are worse than others.
rechargeables is the only way to go with a digi camera.

Snoopy_rules

Thanks to everyone for the replies. So you think I should keep my original camera and just buy charger and batteries. I will have to dig deep think I had a charger once in the past. I was using AA and once it had zoomed in and out a few times the batteries were shot. Silly me. Sorry.

espresso

Snoopy_rules wrote: »

Thanks to everyone for the replies. So you think I should keep my original camera and just buy charger and batteries. I will have to dig deep think I had a charger once in the past. I was using AA and once it had zoomed in and out a few times the batteries were shot. Silly me. Sorry.

I use the charger in the link above and it works very well with the NiMh batteries. I would certainly give it a try if you have been using standard AA batteries.

superscaper

If you eventually look for a new camera then get one with a lithion ion battery.

espresso

superscaper wrote: »

If you eventually look for a new camera then get one with a lithion ion battery.

Personally I would still look for a camera that takes standard AA batteries, as the capacity of these continues to increase year on year and a spare set is very cheap when compared to a spare lithium OEM camera battery. I would not go anywhere without a spare set charged and ready to use.

misterh

Snoopy_rules wrote: »

At the moment I have a nikon coolpix 2100, but want to take it on holiday with me and know that this camera will be no good. It eats batteries within a matter of hours. Just wondered if anyone could recommend something at a reasonably cheap price that would be more servicable for a 2 week holiday.

Look at the power capacity of the batteries you're using. For AAs you need 2000mA or higher for a digital camera.
Buy high-powered, rechargable batteries and you'll save loads!

superscaper

espresso wrote: »

Personally I would still look for a camera that takes standard AA batteries, as the capacity of these continues to increase year on year and a spare set is very cheap when compared to a spare lithium OEM camera battery. I would not go anywhere without a spare set charged and ready to use.

I suppose it depends on the quality of the camera and battery. My own seems to last ages, I think I've taken something like 500 pictures in the last year and I can only remember charging the battery up 3 or 4 times at most over the entire year. Recharging is really fast as well (maybe 90 minutes).