GETTING ACQUAINTED
E-30
●Tips for Prolonging Battery Life
• Use to turn off the flash when you are not using it (page
E-55).
• You can also use the power save settings (page E-35) to
protect against wasting battery power when you forget to
turn off the camera.
• You can also conserve battery power by using DISP to turn
off the monitor screen.
●Alkaline Battery Life
The actual life of alkaline batteries is affected by a variety of
factors, including the battery manufacturer, the amount of
time the batteries spend in storage before you use them,
temperature while you are recording, and photographic con-
ditions. As a rule, we recommend the use of lithium batteries
or Ni-MH batteries, which have longer lives than alkaline bat-
teries.
— Recording one image per minute under the above con-
ditions reduces battery life to about one sixth of that
noted above.
• Battery life is greatly affected by how much you use flash,
zoom and other functions, and how long you leave power
turned on.
●Battery Life Guidelines
The battery life guideline values given below indicate the
amount of time at standard temperature (25°C) until power
automatically turns off due to battery failure. They do not
guarantee that batteries will provide the amount of service
indicated. Low temperatures reduce battery life.
• The above values are approximations only.
• The above guidelines are based on the following battery
types:
Alkaline: MX1500 (AA) DURACELL ULTRA
Lithium: Energizer
*Battery life varies with brand.
• Values are based on continuous recording under the fol-
lowing conditions.
— Flash turned off
— One switch between telephoto and wide-angle with the
zoom controller per image
Type of Operation
AA-size Alkaline
Batteries LR6
AA-size Lithium
Batteries FR6
AA-size Ni-MH
Batteries NP-H3
Continuous
Playback
170 minutes
320 minutes
180 minutes
Continuous
Recording
90 minutes
(540 shots)
180 minutes
(1,130 shots)
100 minutes
(600 shots)