Batteries¶
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After getting my digital camera I had to do the two steps which all camera buyers must do. Buy an adequately sized memory chip (they’ve become nice and cheap!). And get a spare battery. I checked both normal retail channels and eBay for spare batteries. And the price difference was stunning. Essentially the deals you get on eBay claim to give you the correct battery for a Euro or two. After adding the abominably high shipping costs, the price will be around five Euro. Compare that to the twenty or twenty-five Euro which you’re supposed to pay for the ‘original’ battery and the choice is easily made.
Of course I wonder whether differences between those batteries exist and how significant they are. The ‘original’ battery claims to come with a capacity that’s around 2-1/2 that of the 1Ah offered by the cheap alternative. So that doesn’t look to bad. And in my first test run, each of them made around 100 photos. It remains to be seen how quickly each of them ages…
