P3D Re: Ni-Cad batteries

[jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Gabriel Jacob)]

>You missed the point completely! Each CAMERA will determine if there
>is enough room. I have yet to find a point and shoot that IS designed
>for ni-cads. So if it is a two cell camera, it is designed around a
>3.0 volt supply. To start with only 2.4 volts isn't enough when the
>camera (a Nikon) is inoperable at 2.2 volts. With the current involved
>during frame advance, dirty battery contacts alone would render the
>camera inoperable.
>Bill Stickley

You can't equate 2.2 V alkalines with 2.2V ni-cads. They are different
animals with different current characteristics as mentioned in my previous
post. Example, a 1.2V alkaline has already gone through a portion of it's
life cycle but a fresh 1.2V ni-cad will be more than capable of supplying
the needed current.

Also since ni-cads have a very shallow voltage slope, it is hard to
equate life of the battery vs. voltage. I have used ni-cads in quite
a few P&S and they worked fine.

Gabriel 


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