[lug] Digital cameras

[Sean Reifschneider]

On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 03:42:04PM -0600, John Hernandez wrote:
>Put another way, power-on times and battery life are generally better on 
>non-zoom models.  Ditch the flash and it gets even better.  This goes back to 
>what Sean said about owning 2 cameras: one for features, the other for 
>convenience.  I second that philosophy.

The LCD is a huge power draw.  My LCD is only on fairly infrequently,
since I'll power on, shoot, then poewr right off.  The flash does use
quite a bit of energy -- shooting with a flash every time reduces the
number of images I can take to around 150, I've heard.  The 225 pictures
I took on one charge was with occasional flash usage, but I still was "3
bars" (full power on the indicator) at the end of the day...

Sean
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