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Ok, I'm looking for a digital camera that's already in the shops, has it's own rechargeable battery and has a higher number of mp's than my 2mp camera on my mobile. The catch, I'd also like it to be about £100 delivered.
Does something that fits this exist as the only ones I seem to come across take AA's :shrug:
Highlander
14-09-2007, 12:20
Fuji F20 springs to mind.
No one in there right mind using normal batteries anyway, just find a camera that suits your needs and buy some rechargeable Ni-MH batteries & charger. I think some compacts do have there own battery but I see no reason to limit yourself to choosing just from them.
Ok, opening it up and then prob reducing price of camera to £80 - what are my better options? Just would've preferred not to go down the batteries route.
downhillbiker
14-09-2007, 12:48
If it takes AAs, it's good - proprietary batteries cost a lot more than a bunch of cheap, high capacity NiMH batteries from 7DayShop.
Art Vanderlay
14-09-2007, 13:33
I prefer a propietary battery myself. They seem to last longer, and the chargers are smaller too.
I agree with the earlier suggestion of the f20 - I picked one up a while ago for £80 when they were cleared out at Argos (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-582776-5472106), and I have been very pleased with it for the money
Sanyo VPCT700 7MP Digital Camera
Argos - £100.00.
No idea what it's like, but it appears to tick all your boxes.:shrug:
I personally would go with a Canon & rechargable AA batteries (well, I have!) but each to their own.:) I think I've done this bit right (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-582776-5472106?url=http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5607233.htm?jspStoreDir=argos¶ms=AR263&referredURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.argos.co.uk%2Fstatic%2FProduct%2FpartNumber%2F5607233.htm&cmpid=AR263&uid=7006186111&referrer=AR263&mid=700022128&storeId=10001) :nuts:
On a Digicam, I'd be looking at Li-Ion (I've used both).
Lighter, generally a higher battery capacity, plus you don't get them borrowed by the girlfriend for the TV remote...
Really liking the look of the Fuji F20 so far, it's going to be slightly beyond my budget though once I factor in delivery and a new memory card. Really wish I'd seen it for £80 at Argos as most places now look to have it at >£99.99
http://www.digitalcameraexchange.co.uk/viewbasket.asp
Free delivery but you still need your memory card...
You can normally pick up a decent casio elixim from their refurb store for about £80:
http://www.casio-online.co.uk/Digital%20Cameras
they use proprietary batteries and the refurbs are as good as new.
AndyWilson
14-09-2007, 15:41
Although both my compact and obviously my DSLR have propreitary batteries, I'd much rather still have a camera that took AAs...
...one less charger to take on holiday!
I prefer proprietaries, specially camera like the casio which you just dump in a docking station and voila! much less hassle that taking the batteries out putting them into a charger and then finding the missus has pinched them and put them in her rabbit. Not that that's ever happened to me... :suspect:
downhillbiker
14-09-2007, 17:44
See, I would be the same, except that you can get 4 2800 mAh batteries (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=530&gid=6083&id=30372&p=http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_3&products_id=101842) for £4, and an 8 battery charger (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=530&gid=6083&id=30372&p=http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=&products_id=101271) for just over a tenner, which means lots of power for not much money.
RobDickinson
14-09-2007, 22:43
Remember dSLR batteries are usualy 7v / 650mha +, AA's are 1.5v and 2000-2800mha.
And for this purpose volts >>>> mha, AA's just wont last as long.
AndyWilson
15-09-2007, 07:07
The key thing with AAs is still that it's more or less impossible to run out of power. You can buy replacements anywhere.
Fuji have the F20 on their direct refurb site. £ 85
In fact they have the even better f30 for 100 and the f31fd for £102 ( if you could stretch your budget ). My eldest son has a f30fd and I'm really impressed by it.
http://www.fuji.co.uk/shop/refurb/
Except the f31fd is out of stock!
DeadKenny
15-09-2007, 10:18
Problem with AAs is you either buy regular AAs and spend a lot of money on them, or you buy rechargables and have to charge them daily or even have a spare set with you all the time which from experience is a lot of hassle. On compacts you end up not using the flash and avoiding use of the LCD to save power.
My experience with Li-ion batteries is they last for ages and they are rechargeable, usually with a charger supplied with the camera. Rarely have hassles with Li-ion.
Oh, and they usually result in slimmer cameras in compacts.
Downside is they can be more expensive than AA compacts.
bobbetts
15-09-2007, 14:15
Problem with AAs is you either buy regular AAs and spend a lot of money on them, or you buy rechargables and have to charge them daily or even have a spare set with you all the time which from experience is a lot of hassle. On compacts you end up not using the flash and avoiding use of the LCD to save power.
That is not my experience with my Canon compact (A70) 4 AA's would last well into 300-400 pictures, thats with using the flash and lcd screen.
DeadKenny
15-09-2007, 14:25
Maybe it's just Fuji's then :D. Though have to admit my last one was a few years back so maybe they've improved them. However I hear the same complaint often still today from people I know with AA powered digital cameras.
Absolutely agree with the above, A set of rechargable 2700's on my A620 seemed to go on forever. again, that's using the screen, flash, hooking it up to the telly to show people the pictures etc.
Just to help me get my head around something else, if I get a camera that takes SD memory, at what point am I better getting the faster cards?
It is unlikely that a digicam will benefit from a faster card itself. It won't be capable of multiple frames per second to tax a card.
The only benefit of a faster card would be reading the images off the card onto the PC. And maybe even then only if you use a card reader.
DeadKenny
22-09-2007, 12:59
Aren't there some compacts that have fast frame rates now? Also some have raw format capability which means big files to write when taking a shot and to transfer off, more so with 8 to 12mp as many are now. Though admitted a slim compact is less likely to be a big megapixel raw format rapid frame rate kind of camera :D, more likely with the SLR-like kinds.
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