Is there any advantage in a camera that use 4 AA batteries instead of 2 AA?

Question

Besides a longer battery time i heard that with the additional voltage the flash will load faster? (making easy to take multiple indoor pictures fast. Is this true? are there other advantages? Because the biggest disadvantage i see is the added weight and also the need to buy more batteries. Please leave any opinions about this and please give some informationl links if you happen to have one, Thanks

Just to clarify. I am talking about consumer digital cameras. Point-and-Shoot. Such as for example the 2
AA bateries' Series A5XX compared to the 4 batteries' Series A6XX from Canon. I do want to use AA (due to the convenience of buying them anywhere and the posibillitie to buy rechargeble ones).

My question could be rephrased as: why, given that the cameras functions are similar, should i chose one which use 4 AA batteries instead of 2 AA.

Thank you

Answer 1

Theoretically longer batt life since u got 4 of them. Havign 4AAs MAY reduce the flash recharge time, but I've seen digicams with fast flash on 2AAs and slow flash recharge times on 4AAs.

If you really want something with fast flash recyclep times and long batt times betw replacing/recharging the batt, I'd say check out various editorial reviews, b/c it moreso comes down to other preferences determining the battts u use rather than the other way around. Walk into stores like Best buy to test out the flash recycle times for yourself

I got some somewhat helpful responses here as well....

Answer 2

The number of batteries does not matter. Pick the camera you like best based on recommendations from the professionals. One place to check is Popular Photography and look at what the editors suggest. There are so many choices and some even offer rechargable batteries that are not AA but rather "branded" high capacity batteries. I have included the web address for Pop Photography and you should be able to find a great camera suggestion. I have had several and found that rechargable batteries are the best way to go.

Answer 3

There are 3 classes of digital cameras. The consumer class includes the 2 and 4 (and in some cases a single unit ) battery view finder fixed lens cameras that cost $350 or less.
The prosumer SLR and DSLR units, most all of which use 4 batteries and cost $1000 or less and the professional cameras that cost over $1000. The difference between a digital SLR and a DSLR is the fact that the SLR's use a mirror not unlike their focal plain film counterparts and the DSLR's use a small TV screen type viewer (and have [ to me] an objectionable time lag), so it is not so much a case of batteries as a case of finance and personal use. My Pentax SLR has far more "bang for the buck" than a comparable Cannon, Nikon or Olympus, for example.

Answer 4

they last twice as long
I have both kinds
a 4 and a 2
how much can 2 more batteries weigh
use rechargeables