battery how is the battery life on this camera? Does it use Li-on batteries and can it be recharged on the docking station?
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I had the same experience as A. Powell. Battery life from the start wasn't great, but it was acceptable. It seems that this has gotten progressively worse. Now, even with freshly recharged new batteries, it is good for only a few pictures before it shuts down. Kodak says you must use Kodak batteries. That is ridiculous. When it was new, the non-Kodak batteries worked OK. It is too bad that Kodak is selling such a poorly executed product. Kodak is doomed, since they are now in a hyper-competitive market, and they will never make it by selling inferior cameras. Good bye Kodak, it was nice knowing you. I had the same experience as A. Powell. Battery life from the start wasn't great, but it was acceptable. It seems that this has gotten progressively worse. Now, even with freshly recharged new batteries, it is good for only a few pictures before it shuts down. Kodak says you must use Kodak batteries. That is ridiculous. When it was new, the non-Kodak batteries worked OK. It is too bad that Kodak is selling such a poorly executed product. Kodak is doomed, since they are now in a hyper-competitive market, and they will never make it by selling inferior cameras. Good bye Kodak, it was nice... » Read More I had the same experience as A. Powell. Battery life from the start wasn't great, but it was acceptable. It seems that this has gotten progressively worse. Now, even with freshly recharged new batteries, it is good for only a few pictures before it shuts down. Kodak says you must use Kodak batteries. That is ridiculous. When it was new, the non-Kodak batteries worked OK. It is too bad that Kodak is selling such a poorly executed product. Kodak is doomed, since they are now in a hyper-competitive market, and they will never make it by selling inferior cameras. Good bye Kodak, it was nice knowing you. « Show Less
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The optional camera dock comes with a rechargable battery. Leaving the camera on the dock will keep the batt. fully charged
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I have this camera and I use re-chargeable batteries that it goes through VERY quickly. I guess I was spoiled by my Pentax Optio 5 megapix camera which could go at least 4 weeks without having to recharge the batteries.
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The Battery life sucks. every time i look at this camera I want to destroy just because of how bad the battery life is. You take 12 pictures and standard batteries are shot. It didn't start out this terribly, but its progressively gotten this way.
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We've got an older 3.1 MP Kodak camera and we just use a 4-battery stand-alone charger. Charges 4 batteries in a couple hours. I bought the charger at Wal-mart for like $15 or something. More convenient than lugging around the dock.
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I have this camera and I have not had any problems. I use the docking station to recharge the batteries. What upsets me is that the ink and paper are no longer avail.
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Yes, the battery is rechargeable. How long it lasts depends on how much time you spend using the cameras on board editing such as 'cropping', 'D-light', etc, also whether you are using flash or not. Under general usage I get between 100 to 120 shots per charge. I have had the S50 for a month now & am delighted with it's performance!
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Yes it is rechargeable Li-ion. A charger is included with the camera. Shooting in jpeg mode, I've never run out of current.
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It is in the monitor. The cameras do not have batteries, they must be plugged into an outlet. The monitor can be free standing for several hours before recharging.
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I found the picture quality to be quite sharp and clear. Not sure about battery life I do know we had it out all day and evening on the boat and in and out of the water and no problem with it running down. But I always take the batteries out when the camera isn't in use after the day is done.
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Has rechargeable lithium battery-(not the double A batteries that some others have) that is why I bought it for my grandson--it holds a charge for hundreds of pictures. It is a great camera & we just developed some of the pictures--very good!
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I use Energizer Ultimate Lithium and get very good battery life. More expensive, but more pictures. I use only cameras that use AAs, since AAs are available almost anywhere in the world, eliminating failures in 'charged battery management' that would leave me without an operable camera.
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hey tom yes if you plug it into the wall you will have unlimited usage as long as you have it on the docking station it will not charge on the usb if its in use you than only have a hour or so depending how many pictures you scan when its on the docking station plugged in you can go as long as you want its very good and fast.hope this helps dave
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hello! Pretty good battery life...this has been a GREAT camera. This is my son's - he's really into making movies, uses it every day.Would recommend!
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Yes, the battery is rechargable, though only in the camera (which is a pain if you are shooting a lot of images). There are aftermarket chargers and batteries so you need not be limited.
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I forgot to answer the battery question.. The spec's are 11 hrs. for tablet and another 4 hours for battery in docking unit for a total of 15 hrs. Hope that helps you.
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The camera uses a standard Lithium Ion rechargeable battery. The battery is a small flat model that is commonly used by digital point-and-shoot cameras of this type. I take a lot of pictures on a given day and have never run out of power. I did however purchase a spare battery and car charger from Amazon for under $20.
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I have had the camera on for taking pictures and video for about 6 hours straight and no issues with the battery. I continued to take pictures and video the rest of the weekend on and off. I have not had to charge it yet. I did not try to run the camera completely out yet either. I am very impressed with this camera so far especially the zoom and colors.
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The battery life is definitely on the short side, but with three batteries, one being the wasabi one, there was only once in our recent trip that I got to battery #3, and I tend to take a lot of pictures. I did get to battery #2 several times. The batteries charge only outside the camera in the wall charger, which is 120/240, so you can't charge it with your computer, at least without buying something that could do that--if such a thing exists. They charge relatively fast, though, so you can recharge them all in the evening and be ready to go the next morning.
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I bought mine the day after Thanksgiving and have bought a few toys since then. I have gotten the Klic-8000 battery, G-600 dock, battery for the dock, G-200 paper, Small Cobalt bag for the camera, and the XL Cobalt bag for the printer. Everything works well, the camera charges in about three hours, it prints out great pictures, from the camera or the usb plug in the side of the dock. Hmmm, Lenses next?
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The battery life is good. I have used it to take videos as well as pictures and the battery lasts. The only time I have charged it is when I plug it in to transfer pics to my computer. Otherwise I can get 2 to 3 days of using it a lot and the battery life is great.