montyb
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Before I went to Kona I ordered (4) 2500m sony batteries for my Olympus C5050 and was pleasantly surprised to get (3) 2 tank dives before I had to open the case and recharge them.
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fpoole
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montyb:
Whoa, that's pretty darn good... what quality or more to to point how many pictures per dive averaged.. 40? 70? at hi-quality or super hi??
The reason I ask, is that I started out with the ansman 1650s and found that they pooped out in the middle of the 2nd dive. So am in the habit of swaping them out along with the mem card (128mb 46+- pic per dive)
I then got the Maha 2300 power-X but still swap them out as afraid to trust them for a 2nd dive, much less a 3 rd dive... since I'm limited on the mem card (oly 4040) but never pushed the recharges to the max...
So from what I'm hear with the 2500s you getting 6 dives before changing... that's quite a difference and maybe I should push it a little... typically the display is always on for the dive...
thanx.
jakubson
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I have been using Panasonic 2100 for two trips now, and have no problem getting 2 dives out of them.
On my last trip, I used Energizer 2500s. I would love to get three dives out of these. Then, on a 5 dive per day liveaboard, I would only need to change batteries once instead of twice.
I also use an INON DS180 strobe. Does anyone have a feel for which chews the batteries more - the 5050 or the strobe?
Cheers.
On my last trip, I used Energizer 2500s. I would love to get three dives out of these. Then, on a 5 dive per day liveaboard, I would only need to change batteries once instead of twice.
I also use an INON DS180 strobe. Does anyone have a feel for which chews the batteries more - the 5050 or the strobe?
Cheers.
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montyb
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I would leave the lcd off until I needed it. I just looked at the battery icon at the end of each day and if it was still all green I just didn't worry about it. During the dive I took what pics I thought were interesting (see gallery) I was shooting in SHQ, and filled a 256 meg compact flash card plus 1/2 of the 256xd card.
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With the Maha 2300 mAH batteries in an Oly c5050 I can get 3+ hours of underwater shooting before the batteries run out of juice. This is shooting at SHQ with the internal flash on slave (level 1).
TheNitroxinator
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I've been using energizer 2100mA batteries. I've gotten roughly 2 and a half dives out of the C5050Z. I have a Nikonos 105 stobe; I've done 5 dives in one day, and as I recall I didn't change the strobe batteries. At least in my case, the camera is definitely chewing the batteries more. When I head to Malaysia next week, I'm probably going to be getting 4 dives a day (crossing my fingers for 5 with 2 shore dives at Mabul), I figure I'll be swapping the batteries on the camera every 2 dives, the batteries on the stobe once per day. Hopefully the new 1G Ultra2 and RAW mode won't chew extra batter life (well, I don't care if its a little extra as long as I get through 2 dives a day).
My man Rip has the new 2500's from Sanyo. Been using the 2300's and they completely rule. I had several 2100's that are now in the remotes, and I'm replacing them with the 2500's - can't wait!
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jlyle:
Me, too. I easily get a 3rd dive from my Maha 2300's with an Oly 5050, leaving the monitor on full time, and flash on slave 1.
fpoole
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Yeah, Nitrox,
I've 2 SB105s and get about 2 dives out of them... max...
I just figure on swaping out camera batteries every dive and stobes every 2 dives... 2 dives are a typical dive day, so it works out.. will try to see if I can get two camea dives using the 2300... interesting... just gets better and better eh??
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dee, kewl... so i'll give it a try.. heheh.. of course you know I'll see the big ole' Six Gill Shark, at the end of the 2nd dive, just AFTER the batteries give out... lol... never to see another one again...
I've 2 SB105s and get about 2 dives out of them... max...
I just figure on swaping out camera batteries every dive and stobes every 2 dives... 2 dives are a typical dive day, so it works out.. will try to see if I can get two camea dives using the 2300... interesting... just gets better and better eh??
edited:
dee, kewl... so i'll give it a try.. heheh.. of course you know I'll see the big ole' Six Gill Shark, at the end of the 2nd dive, just AFTER the batteries give out... lol... never to see another one again...
Looks like this question was missed a bit:
Camera definitely uses more battery power than your strobes. I can use the same batteries in my strobe for several days of diving (two 60+ minute dives per day, strobe fired on almost all shots, power setting changes regularly) but I change my camera batteries after every two dives.
Could I do three or four on the same set (2300 Sanyos mostly), probably. But I am lucky to dive (usually) from environments where changing the batteries isn't a big deal (and I would need to swap out my memory card anyway even though it is 1 GB!!)
Camera definitely uses more battery power than your strobes. I can use the same batteries in my strobe for several days of diving (two 60+ minute dives per day, strobe fired on almost all shots, power setting changes regularly) but I change my camera batteries after every two dives.
Could I do three or four on the same set (2300 Sanyos mostly), probably. But I am lucky to dive (usually) from environments where changing the batteries isn't a big deal (and I would need to swap out my memory card anyway even though it is 1 GB!!)
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