Ive just bought a digital camera, a cheap one admittedly, but its going through batteries like water!?

Question

i'VE ONLY HAD IT A WEEK, AND TAKEN ONLY AT MOST 10 PHOTOS, BUT I'M ON THE 3RD SET OF BATTERIES! BEFORE I TAKE IT BACK, IS IT SOMETHING I'M DOING WRONG, OR IS IT THE CAMERA? iTS ONLY A CHEAP THING i BOUGHT FOR PUTTING STUFF ON EBAY, BUT AT THIS RATE, ITS GOING TO PROVE VERY EXPENSIVE

PS When I say going through batteries like water, I mean batteries are lasting 5 minutes at most!

Answer 1

TAKE IT BACK! 10 photos with 3 sets of batteries? Something's BAD wrong with that camera.

I have a battery HOG, and I can take about 50 photos on a set of rechargeable batteries.

I have a better Nikon and can get about 100 photos on a set of rechargeable.

Answer 2

As most people have said, go for rechargable batteries. They have #'s on them, get the highest # you can 2600-2700, I went cheap and have a 1650, bad idea on my part. It's like having Alkalines. If you have a viewfinder use it and turn off the LCD screen. Don't go back and look at pictures to often, and don't delete pictures unless you run out of room or have copied them to your computer. Also try and avoid zooming in and out if you have an optical zoom. All of this should help your batteries to last longer. The flash pulls alot of power as well, but it can make a better picture so don't be afraid to use it. One last thing. After you copy your pictures off the camera format the card (internal memory-whatever you use). It is better than deleting the photos and normaly it's faster as well. Deleting normaly just tells the camera the picture is't there anymore. Formating wipes the card clean. (Don't format unless you are sure you have the pictures saved somewhere else, you can't get them back once formatted.

Answer 3

Digital cameras are EXTREMELY bad for this. Try buying a rechargable battery set (charger ans set of batteries) you can find them relatively cheap at wal-mart.
When I bought mu camera (Kodak Easyshare) the same thing happened...weve had it a little over a year and now I haven't had to charge the batteries in a month! Good Luck!

Answer 4

Do you have an optical viewfinder? Turn off the monitor and use it if you do. LCD monitors are battery hungry devices. The longer you leave it on, the quicker the batteries will drain. If you don't have an optical viewfinder so you MUST use the monitor, set it to turn off after the minimum time offered, such as 5 or 10 seconds. Don't spend too much time reviewing your pictures on your camera. Save that for the computer when you can use a card reader and not drain your camera batteries.

Rechargeable batteries are certainly the best, but if you do not use rechargeable batteries, get Energizer e² LITHIUM batteries (or the Duracell equivalent) and you will get much better battery performance. They cost twice as much as alkaline batteries, but they last four times as long.

Answer 5

Why don't you get as set of rechargeable batteries and a little plug in charger for them? Places like BJ's and Radioshack have those as a set of four batteries and a small charger for under twenty bucks. Those batteries can be recharged (avoiding buying new ones) hundreds or thousands of times. [When those charges go on sale they are usually half that price.]

Digital cameras (particularly with flash) devour small batteries so rechargeable is the only sensible way to go.

Answer 6

I'd suggest rechargable batteries. You save more money that way. My camera went through batteries fast too, but at least with the rechargable ones you don't have to keep buying new ones. And it can also depend on the camera

Answer 7

Digital cameras require rechargable batteries specifically for digital cameras or this happens. You will also need a charger. You can get both for under 20 bucks at Walmart or any other department store.

Answer 8

I would check the settings, make sure its set to turn off on its own after a minute of inactivity. I just bought a camera that kept turning itself on in my purse and I went through a set of batteries and only had about 10 pictures to show for it, also upload the pictures to your comp. so you're not using the memory.

Answer 9

Almost all digital cameras go through batteries like crazy but yours is going through them way fast.. I would take it back or buy the batteries that are specifically for digital cameraes cause they last longer.

Answer 10

This is typical of 'cheap' digicams.

you could take the advice already posted about getting a good set of NiMHi rechargeables. Or, spend a bit more on a new camera.