Subj : Re: Nimh Batteries
To   : Barry Martin
From : Ky Moffet
Date : Wed Jan 15 2025 07:40:00

BARRY MARTIN wrote:
> Hi Mike!
> 
> -=> MIKE POWELL wrote to KY MOFFET <=-
> 
>   > compartment, because it's supposed to be a waterproof camera. So I have
>   > to use it with the card door hanging open. Someday it's going to catch
>   > on something and break off.
> 
> (Ky's part up there) I just had a thought: is there any way to tape
> shut?  Know there's going to be a gap but instead of the door just
> hanging open use tape to close as much as possible and create a semi-
> protective cover.  Maybe some sort of covering created from that clear
> packaging over stuff we buy.  And some glues are semi-permanent: stay
> until peeled off, for when you have to get in the compartment.

Actually, I have two where the battery/card compartment won't stay shut. 
(To be fair, one got knocked flying by overly enthusiastic dog. But crap 
$20 camera, so. The other just wasn't well-designed for actual use, and 
no longer catches reliably.) They both wear a permanent 1/4" rubber band.

The "weatherproof" camera has much better design there -- a latch you 
have to press a button and turn a full quarter turn to open it, and same 
to close it. So even if the edges get tired and don't want to catch (see 
above) it will stay shut.

> I brought a power bank with me when I visited Austria and Slovakia.
> Took a ton of pictures and a few short movies, both ate up the battery.
> If there's ever a next time I'll bring both power banks.  Each one is
> decent, just could have used a back up.  (The ones I have are about 7" x
> 3" by 3/8" so relatively compact.)

HUGE! The one I use all the time is 1" by 3" by 0.8". It will recharge 
the phone 5x, or run the camera through about 2000 shots. I've had it 
about 10 years and have probably recharged it.... 4 times?? I have 
another that's about 2x bigger, and come to mention it, it seems to have 
wandered off.
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