Hi! I got a digital camera for Christmas. I haven't used it a whole hell of a lot since and already the batteries are dead. If I leave it off for a few hours, it will work but only for five minutes or so. I read the camera's manuel and it said that the camera inaccurately reads alkaline batteries. I have found a couple different brands of batteries laying around the house, but they are all alkaline batteries. Are there any brands that sell non-alkaline batteries? Has anyone had similar problems with their digital cameras? Thanks for your help. You can also buy non-rechargeable lithium batteries made by Duracell or Energizer. The Energizer are called e2 Lithium, but I don't know what the Duracell are called.
Large LCD viewfinders eat batteries. It seems nice to have a big LCD monitor, but they are power hungry. You will have to do what you can to turn the thing off as soon as you don't need it any longer. Look for "Power Save" in your menu. Set it to shut off at the shortest possible innterval after you take the picture. Set it so that it doesn't not display unless you tap the shutter button to wake it up. Even this will not go a long way towards conserving batteries. It's too bad you didn't know this before you got a camera without an optical viewfinder. If it's brand new, maybe you can take it back. As you don't say which camera you have - I don't know if you can do this but I suggest you try Ni Cad or NiMH rechargeable batteries in preference to alkaline. (the voltage is lower so check your instruction manual) | 