[philmont] Backpacking Camera ?

A lot of good information. I've clipped all but the very last part when you
set off bells and whistles.

Buying cheap rechargable batteries may be a bad idea. Its not the battery
life one needs to worry about but rather your own. Cell phone companies have
been battling the exploding battery problem for years. They attribute the
problems to cheap after market bettries. Many of the cheaper batteries don't
have the protection circuits in them to prevent explosions if the cells are
charged quickly (or discharged to quickly). (Or the cell phone companies are
covering their butts, you tell me!) I would be very cautious about using
cheap lithium batteris.

Just one quick exploding battery article.
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1039_3-5088434.html

YMMV

On 6/20/08, Dave Haynie <dave@daretowntroop60.com> wrote:
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> There's some argument for AAs, since you can buy these anywhere, and as
> you say, you can borrow from your headlamp or whatever. But as well, the
> dedicated batteries today are all Lithium Ion, which gives you much
> better power density than Alkalines or NiMh. The only downside is that
> you need several for a trip (I had six camcorder batteries with me last
> summer... I ran out of juice the day I got back from Philmont, about 15
> minutes into my son's birthday party... he turned 16 at Philmont). I
> took two Canon cells and four cheap Chinese aftermarket cells. They
> might not last for years like the Canons, but I was really concerned
> about going for those 12 days, and couldn't really justify all those
> batteries for what was my "B camera" in regular life.
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