flash and battery? I heard the camera shuts down for several seconds when using flash to take a picture? has anyone experience that? Does the camera take long to take a picture?
321476
I found one review saying 4 seconds between flash, but on mine with new, fully charged NiMH batteries it is more like 10 seconds (by stopwatch) between pictures....
321477
Try turning off the LCD and changing the drive mode to continuous. I did this and the flash recycle time is about 4 sec.
1505634
No delay on snapping pics if you turn off the review. Some settings may have a little. I am happy with the battery life. I snapped about 200 pics with flash at a 3 hour reception and still had battery life left to take plenty of nature pics on a hike the next day.
891359
Using regular AA batteries, yes, this will happen. I use Lithium AA batteries and they last through hundreds of pictures including flash. More expensive but well worth the convenience!
1889168
i think it takes pics pretty quickly. I rec'd the A540 for xmas & exhanged it the next day for the SD700. The A540 took about 4-5 secs btwn each shot, which is a LONG time....the SD700 is ready to shoot another pic in less then a second (and that is with using the flash). Highly recomend!
591454
I know this sounds elementary but check the settings. I could not get a flash and it was the settings. Also if taking a lot of flash photos sometimes the flash seems to shut down. It takes much longer than you might think to recharge flash to flash. Hope this helps.
1317063
I have not noticed any issues with the flash or picture quality. i used my phone on our last vacation for all our pictures instead of carrying a big camera around. Definitely not dslr quality but the pictures were clear and good.
143486
I took the camera on a weekend raft trip...I took lots of pictures, some with the flash at night...I never changed batteries, and the camera is still able to take pictures. Cannot say how long they will last before I have to change batteries...amazing number of pictures so far.
2014306
i think it takes pics pretty quickly. I rec'd the A540 for xmas & exhanged it the next day for the SD700. The A540 took about 4-5 secs btwn each shot, which is a LONG time....the SD700 is ready to shoot another pic in less then a second (and that is with using the flash).Highly recomend!
235010
I had the same problem trying to use the camera in auto mode. It popped up, i think every time i turned the camera on in the auto mode, but it wouldn't fire, even in a completely dark room. Yes, the flash was set to auto. It seemed to work fine in other modes. Every camera i've run across fires the flash automatically when used in auto so i figured there was something wrong with the one i recieved.
2237764
This camera is very slow to take a picture, it takes to long from turn on and be ready to take a picture, and when it is on you push the button and the perfect moment for the picture goes...., battery quickly dies in cold or hot weather, no matter what happens battery dies.
2233711
Very, very fast in outdoor shots, but with the flash on it slows it down some. I have not used the flash very often since it is summer season, but i will soon and will post my thoughts on it then. I'm still in the beginning stages of using the flash. The non-flash pictures are absolutely stunning though!
946664
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!
1896791
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. :)
656777
I found the battery lasted all day - taking around 200-250 shots, with perhaps a dozen or so also with flash. I would assume it would last a bit less with more flash use, but I was fine with how long it lasted. I plan on getting another battery just for backup, but for most folks, one battery should be fine.
1936305
Lithium - Ion. I took 400 plus photos, no flash, and still had plenty of battery power left. How many photos you get using flash? I don't know, but on a full charge I would expect 100 or more.
2070613
yes i have the same problem, one time i just replaced new batteries and took 2-3 pics and then set it for a flash pic and the camera went down saying "change the bateteries"Not sure if this piece has a problem or if there is some issue with all S2s
440532
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.