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Digital Camera Battery
Don't Wait Too Long to Switch Out Batteries!
SUMMARY: Don't wait until your digital camera batteries are completely empty to switch them.
(This tip is geared towards beginners, though others may, ahem, make the same mistake). Charging digital camera batteries requires electricity and most people try to not waste this resource. Thus, many people will wait until batteries are completely empty before they change them out for charged batteries.
While it makes obvious sense to conserve energy, waiting until the last possible moment to switch out digital camera batteries can pose a problem:
Imagine three possible photography scenarios - you are at a ball game, in the wilderness, or visiting family. Your batteries are about to be depleted as your camera notifies you with its low battery warning. If you decide to wait until your batteries have completely drained, a situation may present itself where you wish to take a dozen or more photos in quick succession:
* A batter hits a home run
* A deer darts across the landscape
* One of your younger family members decides to do an impromptu talent show
As you frantically start to take photographs, oops - your batteries completely run out. Now you're missing the moment, frantically scouring through your camera bag for fresh batteries to switch out, and by the time you replace the drained batteries the event is over.
By bringing along extra batteries and switching them out during photography downtime as your digital camera displays its low-battery warning, you'll be more likely to have charged batteries if an extraordinary event occurs. You won't have to think twice (as long as you have enough memory) before hurriedly pressing the shutter button, or before activating your camera's drive mode to take multiple photos in succession.
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