ORIGINAL: MILLERTIME10
I just take my laptop in the woods and download the pictures in the field. Makes it easy and fast. I have checked my camera 3 weeks in a row and every time I check it the battery is dead. I think it only lasts for 2 or 3 days. I think something is wrong, has anyone else had this problem? I get great pics but they are only of the first couple days it is out. I have a recharble battery and it shows full charge when I plug it in to the camera, just can't figure it out. Maybe I am using the wrong kind of battery, is there more than one type of 6 volt battery?
1) There are many types of 6 volt batteries, just like AA batteries. There is heavy duty, alkaline, rechargeable, etc… Alkaline is good for stuff like remote control cars and items that may require a lot of juice for an extended period of time. Heavy duty batteries are good for items that will get intermittent use, like a camera. However, digitals seem to use a lot of juice.
2) You can get a solar panel to recharge your batteries. Mount several feet above your camera where it will get some sun and it will recharge you batteries on site. No more hassle of changing and charging batteries. These panels are $20 at Wal-Mart.
3) I read about someone with a similar problem, although I don’t remember what brand & type of camera it was. Their camera had settings on, off, and auto. They had their camera set to on, which constantly used juice from the battery. If they would have had their camera on auto, it would only use juice from the battery for a minute or so while the camera was being used.