If you charge the battery inside the camera what happens when the battery eventually gets tired?
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I don't understand what you mean by get tired. Rechargeable batteries normally have a limited but large number of time you can drain and recharge -around a thousand times. But as the battery gets to be recharged more often, the amount of energy the battery can store diminishes through time. There comes a time when the battery seem to take a longer time to charge but discharges very fast when in use. When this happens, it's time to replace the battery pack. I hope it answers your question. Another thing to note is that in other models of Lumix, the product box comes with a battery charger inside. in the case of the Lumix DMC SZ3, the camera itself acts as the very battery charger. Charging is done through USB when you connect to a computer or when you connect the USB cable to an USB adopter/wall-outlet-plug. There is an LED on the camera that lights up when the camera is charging and which turns off when fully charged. I hope I answered your question.
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The battery is removeable and can be easily replaced when necessary. The battery insertion instructions can be found in the below link. http://service.us.panasonic.com/OPERMANPDF/DMCSZ3_ADV.PDF#page=10
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NO. The battery can remain in the camera at all times. (Cord #1)AC plug to adapter with USB... then (cord #2) USB to mini USB on camera. If you just plug the USB into a PC (cord #2), the battery will charge. I recommend charging with the AC unit initially.
214703
It's a lithium battery that comes with the camera, so you just recharge it. Seems to last a long time.
1903855
I never experienced such drastic draining of charge when using those supplied batteries in the grip (when the camera was OFF). Mine is performing well. Please check if the same happens when (not using the grip) a single but different battery is installed in the body-if so contact the canon service; in the meanwhile, check all the contact pads in the grip for any short circuit. I hope you can figure it out easily.
1914093
The Battery must be charged in the camera.(but the battery can be removed) After I purchased the camera I bought 2 batteries and a wall charger on-line very cheap. So I could still use the camera while a battery is charging.
913764
When the camera is connected to a computer, it is recognized on both sides as an external storage device. When the camera is hooked to a (3rd party?) USB charger it is probably doing auto-shut down, etc and no longer recieving a charge-that would be my guess. I think it is possible to turn off the auto shut down/power save feature, it's worth a try
1269835
if you take the battery pack out then plug into your computer boot up the camera it say "connected" then just insert the battery pack and itll charge. when it has very low battery do this.
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I believe the battery is hard wired into the camera. If you can not get it to charge, its time to replace the camera
2212433
I have left the camera on over a 12 hour period with no effect on my battery. As said earlier, use a constant power source.
1903915
Unless you have the camera charging simultaneously, I would say no...based on the fact that the battery has barely lasted 3 hours recording intermittently.
1448205
You plug the power brick/transformer cord into the side of the camera and recharge the battery while it is loaded inside the body. For a long trip, I intend to buy a 2nd battery and a secondary charger.
1830615
Hard to say. Sometimes the camera can lay there for weeks, and then the battery does run down. Old camera, but have not had problems with using it and the battery failing. Taken upwards of 40 pics and still had some juice to it. My camera is old and charges thru the USB port so when I copy the pics I just charge it up then.
425861
You can recharge the battery at any time. It doesn't have to completely run out. I do it when i expect to take pictures for a while.
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I don't know if you are referring to the battery or the camera? I find the battery does not last long, which is why I bought this additional battery as back up. I keep it with me while I am photographing. If you review your photographs on the camera after you take them, it uses up a lot of battery power, so I do not do that. Depends upon how many photos you take. If I am out all day photographing, the battery might last for one day.
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This camera has an internal battery but only lasts a few seconds for me. I assume so it will continue to operate if there is a short momentary lapse in power? I see other users are getting much longer battery life.
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The camera has to be plugged in. The monitor can be plugged in or run off a battery. The battery in the monitor lasts all night, but usually needs to recharged before using it again.
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That is incorrect. My camera has an image with a battery in the upper right hand corner at all times. If the battery is full the image is white on the inside if its half charged the image is 50% white. You get the idea? If the battery is near dead the outline changes from white to red and has a mini lightning bolt looking thing inside of the battery. That's when you'd want to charge the battery. Additionally, I used this camera to take 40+ pictures on an all day snorkel trip and the battery never died.