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                              A question of power
                                        
Friend and reader Steve Crane [1] send the following to me in email: 

> Hi Sean, 
> 
> I recall reading in your blog a while back that you were dissappointed with
> the battery life [2] of your new digital camera. I came across this article
> today that might give you some ideas on improving it. 
> 
> http://www.digiteyesed.com/writings/articles/000001.shtml [3] 
> 
> Cheers. 
> 

Well, since then, I've found that the Rayovac NiMH (Nickle Metal Hydride)
rechargable batteries [4] seem to work wonders in the camera as I can get
hours, nay, days, of use out of these batteries in the digital camera. I had
attempted to use the Rayovac Alkaline rechargable batteries [5] in the camera
(since I found they work great for the Newton I have) but they lasted all of
maybe five seconds, if that. 

But the NiMH ones work beautifully, and I can use the same recharger for both
these and the Alkalines. 

[1] http://craniac.afraid.org/
[2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2002/08/31.2
[3] http://www.digiteyesed.com/writings/articles/000001.shtml
[4] http://www.rayovac.com/products/recharge/nimh.shtml
[5] http://www.rayovac.com/products/recharge/rec_alk.shtml

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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