Best batteries for use in SL10IS canon What are the best batteries for the canon camera? I had rechargeable ones in my old canon but it took forever for them to charge. Is there a difference in Lithium and alkaline throw aways? Any help appreciated. Best batteries for use in SL10IS canon What are the best batteries for the canon camera? I had rechargeable ones in my old canon but it took forever for them to charge. Is there a difference in... » Read More Best batteries for use in SL10IS canon What are the best batteries for the canon camera? I had rechargeable ones in my old canon but it took forever for them to charge. Is there a difference in Lithium and alkaline throw aways? Any help appreciated. « Show Less
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There are several other discussions going here on Amazon about rechargeables. I am not sure what the SL10 s Canon takes, but my SX10 works great with Eneloop AAs. After years of using other brands, I would say these are the best, though I have not had them long enough to see if they will provide good service over years as previous ones. The Eneloops charge fairly quickly, hold the charge and provide power for hundreds of shots.
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I have used the Sanyo Pre-charged Eneloop; they are terrific, reasonably priced and last forever. I use them in everything now. This camera really does call for this type of battery.
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I have a Duracell CFE15NC recharger I bought at Best Buy that recharges the batteries in 15 minutes. The batteries come with the recharger. I shoot a lot of car shows and have never run out of battery life with over 700 shots per show.
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Curious. I've had excellent results with the La Crosse BC-900. It feels lightweight but it seems to be holding up just fine. It doesn't have a fan so I can share a motel room with it and not have to listen to it whine. I've also had excellent results with the Eneloops.Fast charging batteries is murder on them because of the internal heat generated. I normally charge them on my La Crosse at 200 mA. It takes up to roughly 8-10 hours (depending on how low they were). I have enough batteries on hand I rarely need to fast charge them. On the rare occasions I need to (usually because I forgot to pack enough spares), I still keep the charge rate down to 700 mA or 500 mA. Curious. I've had excellent results with the La Crosse BC-900. It feels lightweight but it seems to be holding up just fine. It doesn't have a fan so I can share a motel room with it and not have to listen to it whine. I've also had excellent results with the Eneloops.Fast charging batteries is murder on them because of the internal heat generated. I normally charge them on my La Crosse at 200 mA. It takes up to roughly 8-10 hours (depending on how low they were). I have enough batteries on hand I rarely need to fast charge them. On the rare occasions I need to (usually because... » Read More Curious. I've had excellent results with the La Crosse BC-900. It feels lightweight but it seems to be holding up just fine. It doesn't have a fan so I can share a motel room with it and not have to listen to it whine. I've also had excellent results with the Eneloops.Fast charging batteries is murder on them because of the internal heat generated. I normally charge them on my La Crosse at 200 mA. It takes up to roughly 8-10 hours (depending on how low they were). I have enough batteries on hand I rarely need to fast charge them. On the rare occasions I need to (usually because I forgot to pack enough spares), I still keep the charge rate down to 700 mA or 500 mA. « Show Less
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The Sanyo Eneloop "Pre-Charged" rechargeable batteries have provided better results with my cameras, compared with any other battery. You can take hundreds of photos, store the camera for a month, and still have enough power to take a couple hundred photos before recharging.Four Eneloop batteries cost about $12 and can be recharged a couple of hundred times. That means for $12 worth of batteries, you can take about 50,000 photos, far more than most people would ever take with one camera.
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For Juli,I just bought 2 sets of rechargeable batteries (Bunny Batteries) with chargers and keep them charged up. If you don't want to go the rechargeable route, buy a 16 or 24 pk of AAs and ALWAYS keep an extra set of 4 in your camera bag. That way, if your camera runs out of power, you can pop another set in. My experience is, they last pretty well.
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I use the Sanyo Enloop AA batteries and they work great. I would say that rechargeables will work well but will NOT last as long as regular alkaline batteries. They are of course way cheaper than throw aways. This statement assumes that you are using some kind of quality rechargeable batteries. I have purchase some batteries from China, that advertize high capacity ratings, that do NOT carry the capacity they are advertized to carry. That is why I purchased the Sanyo batteries - I had confidence that they would carry the charge and as important, the Sanyo batteries also will carry the advertized capacity, at least to a high degree, for a year. Some of the cheaper rechargeables lose 90% of their charge in 30 or 60 days. So, if you are going to use this battery on an ongoing basis, go rechargeable. If you are going to put it in your wife's car glove box for an emergency 2 or 5 years down the road, use a Duracell that will hold a charge for 10 years. Hope this helps.
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It charges every off brand batteries I put in it.....It won't work at all with the Canon batteries.....I don't know why, they all look the same to me, so I'll use the Canon charger on the only 2 that I have. All others, I'll use the Dual Charger and buy the off brand batteries when I need replacements....Hope that helps you out.
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Several thousand pictures on high-end alkaline batteries. Don't use cheap batteries or rechargeables--Good Luck!!
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When I emailed Olympus to complain about this battery issue, they told me that I could use Lithium batteries. I tried them...but it ran those out of power just as quickly as the alkaline batteries. So if you use those....you will still need to carry around quite a few extra charged four packs!
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I have used its charger once I can't remember if it lit or not. I will do it and email u bk again. Then i used original canon charger! But battery life has been 1/20 of canon battery. This one dies within taking may be 30-40 shots within 3-4 days. I am thinking of returning them. Have had no time!
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I purchased four of these batteries about two months ago. I am currently using 1.1.3 but was previously using 1.1.2. I primarily use them in a genuine Canon battery grip. In all cases the camera sees them as a standard LP-E6 and I haven't had any issues with them. However, it is my understanding that newer Canon chargers may not charge them or not charge them correctly.
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Sure.One other consideration: my Canon batteries have lasted for years with only a minor loss of capacity, the Sterlingteks I own lost a moderate amount of capacity after two years but are still useful and the other 3rd party batteries both dropped stone cold dead days after the one year warranty period expired.
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Takes AA batteries. I've had my Canons for ten years now. Most important - never use batteries that can leak. I use only Panasonic Eneloop rechargeable batteries. They're great, much stronger than most rechargeables, and it's easy to forget regular alkaline batteries inside, and they will eventually leak and destroy your binocs. Guaranteed.
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I've been using the battery for six months with no problems; I alternate it with the Canon battery. shortly after I got it, I received a message from the seller that they had reports that some customers were having trouble charging their batteries with the Canon OEM charger and offered to send me a new charger. I have not had the problem.
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I have been using Wasabi batteries fo 5 years,in Canon,now Olympus.Very happy with them,they are chipped,you can use their charger to fill your Olympus batteries,so you dont have to take along the awkward lead.
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I have used my Canon charger to charge my batteries and they have worked flawlessly. Since they didn't come with their own charger, I guess it was kind of assumed we would use the OEM charger or purchase one separately. Hope this helps.
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Dang, anyone know if there are still any cameras that use real batteries like this? I'd have had to replace my Sony multiple times over if it used proprietary batteries. They're such a pain, and I wish NOTHING used them. I need a new/better camera though, and REALLY want something that still uses regular batteries.
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Canon Battery Pack NB-11L. Rechargeable. Camera comes with charger the pack is inserted into for charging. Takes less than an hour to charge to full. Shooting movies runs battery down faster than still shots.
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My advice is to try to return it to the store or to Canon. Mine ate batteries, both rechargeables and regular alkalines, so I returned it. There are so many good reviews on this model that perhaps you and I each got defective ones.
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I have the previous generation pro batteries, and can shoot a full-day wedding without changing the batteries (with an SB-800). They are amazing! I remember the days of carrying around a battery pack on my hip to run a flash and still had to change out 8 expensive (disposable) lithium batteries. What a difference.