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Joey Goldstein · Guest

Which lasts longer on the shelf and/or in the camera?

I'm not talking about rechargeables here. These are both throw-away type batteries.

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Impmon · Guest

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:33:14 -0400, Joey Goldstein
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Which lasts longer on the shelf and/or in the camera?

I'm not talking about rechargeables here. These are both throw-away type batteries.
[/quote]
On the shelf I would think because some camera continuously draws
power to maintain settings even when it's off. So batteries inside
the camera will go dead eventually while batteries outside and sitting
unused would retain its charge for a long time.
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Chuck · Guest

Depends -- 1500ma CRV3 1800-2500 ma AA batteries (Li Rechargables)
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[quote]On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:33:14 -0400, Joey Goldstein
nospam@nowhere.net> wrote:

Which lasts longer on the shelf and/or in the camera?

I'm not talking about rechargeables here. These are both throw-away type
batteries.

On the shelf I would think because some camera continuously draws
power to maintain settings even when it's off. So batteries inside
the camera will go dead eventually while batteries outside and sitting
unused would retain its charge for a long time.
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SleeperMan · Guest

Impmon wrote:
[quote]On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:33:14 -0400, Joey Goldstein
nospam@nowhere.net> wrote:

Which lasts longer on the shelf and/or in the camera?

I'm not talking about rechargeables here. These are both throw-away
type batteries.

On the shelf I would think because some camera continuously draws
power to maintain settings even when it's off. So batteries inside
the camera will go dead eventually while batteries outside and sitting
unused would retain its charge for a long time.
[/quote]
Even if above is true, that current is so small that such ideal battery
would last 100 years. Note that some models (like Canon S2) have additional
button cell for retaining data purpose and such cell lasts several years.
So, draining is entirely dependant on battery type and alkaline or Lithium
ordinary batteries have very long shelf life. Note that on Duracell ones is
date od duration stamped and it's typically several years from date of
purchase.However, Lithium cells have way bigger capacity than AA ones, no
doubt about that. So, you should decide on how long of active usage instead
of shelf life, since camera will probably be dead or obsolete before
batteries will be dead if left unused.

NiMH cells are discharged after couple of months, while Lithium
rechargeables retain capacity for a longer time.

Impmon · Guest

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:58:35 +0200, "SleeperMan"
<SleeperMan@too.sleepy> wrote:

[quote]Even if above is true, that current is so small that such ideal battery
would last 100 years. Note that some models (like Canon S2) have additional
button cell for retaining data purpose and such cell lasts several years.
[/quote]
Some camera don't drain much but other camera tended to be power
guzzler. I used to have Kodak DX6340 and if I left the battery in the
camera then after about a week it goes down by as much as 25%. It's
always been like that.

YMMV
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Joey Goldstein · Guest

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