Performance per Battery Type

The following table shows how Alkaline, Lithium, and rechargeable NiMH batteries perform in different types of use scenarios:

Type of use

Alkaline

Lithium

NiMH

 

 

 

 

Most economical if you take more

Poor

Fair

Good

than 30 pictures per month

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Most economical if you take less

Fair

Good

Fair

than 30 pictures per month

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heavy use of flash, frequent

Poor

Good

Good

pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heavy use of video

Poor

Good

Good

 

 

 

 

Heavy use of Live View

Poor

Good

Good

 

 

 

 

Overall battery life

Poor

Good

Fair

 

 

 

 

Low temperature/winter use

Poor

Good

Fair

 

 

 

 

Infrequent use (without dock)

Fair

Good

Fair

 

 

 

 

Infrequent use (with dock)

Fair

Good

Good

 

 

 

 

Want to recharge batteries

No

No

Yes

 

 

 

 

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HP M415 manual Performance per Battery Type