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Old 03/06/2004, 10:53 AM
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battery life for Nikon CollPix 3100

I'm not sure if its just me or the batteries, I charge the batteries for my Nikon CoolPix 3100 and ake maybe 5-10 shots w/o flash and its shows "Battery Exausted" I been using these for about a month now and thought they were doing that becasue they are new, is this normal?

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Old 03/06/2004, 10:58 AM
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that's not normal. i haven't owned a Nikon for several years but i never had that short a cycle. sounds like your battery is bad.
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Old 03/06/2004, 04:36 PM
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with the coolpix 3100 this is completely normal. the battery life on this camera is horrible. that is my only complaint about it though. i have a set of alkalines last for about 15 minutes on constant on time. i have since switched to using the lithium ion batteries that last about 50x longer, but are $10 a piece. i'll eventually get rechargable lithium ions so i can save some money in the long run.
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Old 03/06/2004, 04:49 PM
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man that is crazy
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Old 03/06/2004, 05:38 PM
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yeah, it's pretty rediculous. but i think it's the best 3mp camera for the price.
 

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