Any keen photographers?

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Originally posted by DionM@
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Only point I would make is that I know liion batteries are supposed to last forever, but I can't get more than a year out of the one in my video camera before it dies, and it's $70 for a no-name brand one (they seem to last as long as the panasonic ones) [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif[/img]

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That's bizzare. What type of charger are you using (Li-ion need a dedicated charger)? I use the dedicated Canon charger for mine (both my 20D and my 3.5year old Powershot G2 which uses the same batteries) and never have a problem; even with my $10 cheapies from Hong Kong!

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Yeah mate... I dunno. It's a 2.5 year old Panasonic. It's only ever charged with the Panasonic Liion charger... but the camera is on it's third battery. It doesn't get a real lot of use either 8O :?: :?:[/b][/quote]

ah thats the problem then... Li-ion batteries hate being dead flat for long periods of time as much as they hate being over charged... even when you aint using the camera, stick the battery on charge overnight at least once every couple of weeks - you can see the battery regain some of it's lost capacity after a few quick charge-discharge-recharge-discharge cycles ;-)

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Originally posted by Bushie
Having said that I've just got into digital and where I would have conserved film I happy to fire off a couple of hundred digi's

Bushie

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Yes but is that a good thing :?: I beleive a lot of people just thionk less about the composition of their shots assuming that "one of them will work out OK".

Then when they get home there's an agonising which frame should I keep, which one should I delete thing going on.

Of course if all care is taken for each frame thats a different story.

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Having said that I've just got into digital and where I would have conserved film I happy to fire off a couple of hundred digi's

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Yes but is that a good thing :?: I beleive a lot of people just thionk less about the composition of their shots assuming that "one of them will work out OK".

Then when they get home there's an agonising which frame should I keep, which one should I delete thing going on.

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That is a excellent point. I bought a flash Nikon SLR with auto exposure and autofocus a few years back. For a while my photography went down hill because I stopped thinking about what I was doing as I had to do for each frame I took with my old fully manual SLR.

I chastised myself back into form though and all is now good again. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] Think before press is a good rule of photography. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

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Originally posted by Captain_Rightfoot
That is a excellent point.

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That's fpr those who doubted I ever make sense. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

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That is a excellent point.

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That's fpr those who doubted I ever make sense. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img][/b][/quote]

lol [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

I finally got a pic out of this camera that didnt have my thumb in it [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img] !















http://www.aulro.com/albums/album20/HPIM0752.sized.jpg

No Patrick Litchfield are you :!: [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

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I finally got a pic out of this camera that didnt have my thumb in it [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img] !















http://www.aulro.com/albums/album20/HPIM0752.sized.jpg

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the phantom......... </span>:?:

H Captain_Rightfoot, first off, I have two semi-pro Panasonic digital video cameras and an entry level Sony Digital-8.

The Panasonic have got to be the worst designed digital video cameras on the market. The Sony leaves both Panasonic's for dead. :twisted:

I have always been a fan of Masu****a gear ( Technics, National, JVC, Panasonic ) starting with a Technics CD4 Quadriphonic record player.

I’ve had heaps of their gear and up until a few years ago, they made great stuff.

I bought my first DV camera about 7 years ago. At the time I also bought 2 additional batteries. The camera is now stuffed but one of the batteries is still in good nick.

The trick with video camera batteries ( the same may also apply to still camera batteries, someone else may be able to comment ) is not to leave them in the camera when not in use. Even if you do some video work on one day and your going to use the camera the next day still take the battery out of the camera over night.

When you know you have finished with the camera for a while, before you put every thing away, charge the batteries.

Then when, after a long period of non use, put the batteries in the charger and when they are fully charged, remove them, leave them for an hour or so to cool ( most camera battery chargers monitor the temp of the battery while charging them ), once they are cold to touch, put them back into the charger again. Only do this after they have been sitting around unused for a long period of time.

Cheers.

speaking of which - how's the production of the "Mt Mee Movie" (not a porno, despite the dodgy sounding name) coming along :?: