short battery life with canon s5is: I seem to run through batteries quickly with this camera?
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Almost every time we use the camera, we have to put new batteries in it. It seems to be more of a hassle than the camera is worth, to me.
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I had the same problem when I first used my Sx110 IS. I think it is the stock batteries. I put a pair of my own in and the camera works just fine, taking more pictures than it did with the batteries that came in the package. Hope that helps!
1180028
I am planning to get Canon SX20is since I am hiking the Sierras again late Summer. I like the fact that it uses 4 AA alkaline batteries - which I can easily purchase. It has 20X Optical Zoom so hopefully I can get a lot of wild life pictures from afar. I took several pictures of a bear and her cubs last year with Olympus(4X optical zoom) and they turn out very disappointing :(
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I like SX280 very much. However, the battery life is short. Basically you have to recharge it every day. Plus, the cheap replacements of genuine Cannon batteries are even shorter. So I cannot compare the quality of pictures between SX260 and SX280 but I love pictures I get with SX289.
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An amazingly short time. When I called service to get an answer to that question, the tech had me set the camera back to factory settings and that seemed to help. I never timed it, but on a recent vacation I changed batteries as often as my traveling companion who had a Canon something.
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Photos only capture fast with fresh new batteries - the more you use the slower shutter gets until batteries replaced
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It depends upon the usage. It consumes way fast like one day if you use the wi-fi and flash functionalities simultaneously and successively. But the battery is nice as it can be charged fast too, like 2 hours. So if you want this camera, I suggest you get a spare battery. :)
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I've had no problems with my batteries. Granted I've only had it for two months, but with one year old twins, we shot video and pics a lot. The camera treats all three (two from this company and one OEM) the same.
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Of course, it depends on how many pictures were taken in that hour, the flash, video, replay, and speed. I simply take pictures of my twins on special occasions. I've never really had a problem w/the battery life and can do a good 2 days while traveling w/out recharging. If it continues maybe you can contact customer service about replacing the battery bc the camera must be relatively new. Mine is only 5 months old.
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Thank you, thank you! This is rhe problem with the Canon A590IS I'm having. I guess I will keep my Canon S2 Powershot then!
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My experience has been very good... Over Christmas for example, I had a battery last me for a few days, and that's with shooting probably 20 photos and a little video each day. On trips where I'm doing a lot of shooting I may go through a battery each day and recharge at night. Since I have two batteries I just cycle them through and am never lacking a charged battery. When I got my camera, a firmware update made battery life significantly better... Could be the same for you.Best of luck!
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I replaced this with a Canon Powershot SX150IS, uses less batteries (2AA), is cheaper but has similar features.
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The battery settings available are for Alkaline disposable AA (1.5 V), NiMH rechargeables (1.2 V), or Lithium AA disposables (1.8 V). The internal voltage regulator programming needs to be set during camera setup) This was also true of the S1500. THe new slow self -discharge NiMH are reliable, and are sold precharged. I own only one camera that doesn't use them, and I always keep an extra set or two charged. the ones replaced are charged and then become the standby.
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I have this camera and I had the same problem, when it says the battery is low, it's means really low, only for some more shots. So I bought another battery and I carry it in the camera pack. I did this because I know how much time I can take pictures in "extreme pictures situations", like going in museums for one day for example. Two bateries for me is enought. You need to test and know "your limits". :-) Another good thing I did was turning off the LCD most of the time in this situations. According to the manual this saves a lot of energy: from their tests you can shoot 160 picts with it on and 600 with it off!
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There is a little delay. More on some settings than others. I would say the battery life is good but I would recommend having a backup. I haven't had the camera for long and I'm no expert so I don't know what would be considered normal usage. I have shot over a hundred pictures on one battery and that is with some playing around with the camera also. Hope this helps.
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I have a T4i, not a T5i, but the battery has been just fine in my camera:>)
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My experience has been very good... Over Christmas for example, I had a battery last me for a few days, and that's with shooting probably 20 photos and a little video each day. On trips where I'm doing a lot of shooting I may go through a battery each day and recharge at night. Since I have two batteries I just cycle them through and am never lacking a charged battery. When I got my camera, a firmware update made battery life significantly better... Could be the same for you. Best of luck!