[philmont] Backpacking Camera ?

Dave's response provides a lot of useful insight. My experience at
Philmont in 2006 was with a Canon A95 using 4 2500 mAh AA rechargeable
batteries. After topping off the batteries in the camera and a backup
set the morning we hit the trail, I was able to go to Day 7 with the
original set, and back to CHQ on the backup set. I was fastidious about
switching off the display between shots if I planned to take another
within a few minutes. (I didn't use the optical viewfinder because the
framing was somewhat different than what I saw using the digital
display.) I've never found alkaline batteries to be comparable - that
camera will burn through alkalines in a LOT less time than I normally
get with NiMH rechargeables.

> Ched Hudson
ASM Troop 994
Fairfax Station, VA
Philmont '67, '04, '06, '09 (807-O)

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Dave Haynie wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:36:56 -0700, "Donald S. Roberts"
> <donald@hummellawfirm.com> jammed all night, and by sunrise was heard
> saying:
>
>> It has been my experience, and I've tried
>> all kinds of rechargable batteries with all kinds of different number
>> of mAh
>> ratings, particularly very high ratings, that the 1.2 v rechargeables
>> just
>> don't drive a digital camera well at all. They seem to drain very
>> quickly
>> and have no staying power, even if they will drive the camera at all.

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