Cotty mused: > > On 25/11/04, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >That is the beauty of AA batteries, even NIMH ones. > >My buddy with the Canon Rebel has spent a couple of hundred dollars > >on batteries for his camera. > >I've spent less than 100 for my battery set, and I get twice the life > >he gets. > > That is odd. The Canon supplied batteries are expensive, but for a couple > of batteries it shouldn't come to three figures, and I'm astonished you > get twice the life. Of course there may be other factors involved such as > LCD on-times, IS lenses etc.
Back when I got my Canon G1, a spare battery (from Canon) cost around $60. What really, *really* hurt, though, was the amount Canon wanted for the external battery charger - somewhere around $160. Another interesting game in the rechargeable battery market - selling filler. We just purchased a charger and some D cells for our emergency flashlight. I was quite amused to see that these big cells are only 2500mAh cells - basically no more capacity than in an AA-sized cell. They don't weigh much more, either (unlike a regular D cell). That's because what you really end up with is a small rechargeable cell inside a cylindrical sleeve (of foam plastic, or some similar material).
