Hi,
I'm considering purchasing a Canon A610 in the near future. My experience with Uniross NiMhs and my family's Canon A85 is that the NiMhs have an extremely sharp voltage "dropoff" - i.e. they are able to supply the camera with power right until the very last moment, at which point they die without warning. That is all well and good, except that the camera is unable to detect when the batteries are getting low - this means that the camera does not retract the lens and switch off, putting it at increased risk of an E18 error...
Does anyone have experience using Canons and NiCds? Is the camera able to detect the voltage drop and shut off before the batteries die? I like the high capacity of NiMhs but you can get NiCds at 1100mAh or more nowadays, and that will do if it means the camera won't just stop on me.
Thanks.
Regards, Dominic
I'm considering purchasing a Canon A610 in the near future. My experience with Uniross NiMhs and my family's Canon A85 is that the NiMhs have an extremely sharp voltage "dropoff" - i.e. they are able to supply the camera with power right until the very last moment, at which point they die without warning. That is all well and good, except that the camera is unable to detect when the batteries are getting low - this means that the camera does not retract the lens and switch off, putting it at increased risk of an E18 error...
Does anyone have experience using Canons and NiCds? Is the camera able to detect the voltage drop and shut off before the batteries die? I like the high capacity of NiMhs but you can get NiCds at 1100mAh or more nowadays, and that will do if it means the camera won't just stop on me.
Thanks.
Regards, Dominic
