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Canon Powershot SX1 IS
Canon Powershot SX1 IS
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Radu Tuchila (rtuchila) 1 pts
November 6, 2008 9:20 AM
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Can anyone tell me how long the batteries last when recordind a HD movie?

I intend to purchase a Canon Powershot SX1IS camera but I am a bit puzzled regarding it's power consumption. As you can see there is a big difference between SX1 IS and SX10 IS regarding this, so I am worried that when recording a HD movie the batteries will last a very short time. Can anyone tell me how long last the batteries in this conditions?
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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58448 pts
November 7, 2008 4:22 PM
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I don't think it'll use any more or any less than SD video, frankly. Unless it requires more power to write that much data to the card. But I don'think so.
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Radu Tuchila (rtuchila) 1 pts
November 10, 2008 3:39 AM
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Thanks, but I was interested battery life during video recording, as an approximate figure. This is not specified in the technical specification of the camera and I am concerned that using usual batteries, these will last a very short time, practically making the video recording function of the camera unusable.
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Moulder 18 pts
November 27, 2008 7:20 AM
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I was told by a Canon sales mannager, that there's only power for aprox 5 min when you shoot HD video.
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Radu Tuchila (rtuchila) 1 pts
December 9, 2008 4:37 AM
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Thanks!
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peter 0 pts
December 14, 2008 2:29 AM
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If the batteries last only 5 minutes, that can be very expensive movies. I have a dital still camera and the batteries lasts up to 6 hours.
I was sold on this cannon but now will do more shopping.
Thanks
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D80 10 pts
January 8, 2009 3:31 PM
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5 min if you using Alkaline. It should be longer than SX10. The SX1 using CMOS consumes much less power than SX10's CCD
Using Sanyo Eneloop AA rechargeable, last much longer
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Troels Jakobsen 4 pts
February 28, 2009 1:06 AM
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I have this camera and can say that it is not true the camera will only record 5 minutes. I have used the camera for a week on a recent trip and it recorded about 12 minutes worth of video, 100 or so pictures and the batteries are not flat yet. I used rechargeable 2700 mAh batteries. According to the manual these should be able to take 600 photos.
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Radu Tuchila (rtuchila) 1 pts
March 6, 2009 9:04 AM
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Thanks, bu I bought a SX10 IS and I recorded about 1 hour and the batteries are still OK. Of course, there is another resolution ...
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GreenFairy 0 pts
April 4, 2009 11:25 AM
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I purscjased this camera wednesday this week- and didn't even get to the recording part before the batteries ran out. Just while flapping through the menues and trying the different settings- it went flat. Talked to the store where I bought it, and they convinced me to try another set of batteries, before returning the camera.
New batteries didn't last any longer at all. And I still haven't filmed nything. G'damn. Not at all satisfied with this- Was hoping to film in the slopes during Easter. And now I have to turn it in for them to try and fix it.. Yey.
why not have rechargable batteries with this as with eos cameras?

I'm beginning to think Canon cannot. Grr.
I miss my 350d.

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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58448 pts
April 6, 2009 10:47 PM
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Well, the thing is that filming in HD does suck the battery life at a faster pace. Your best bet is to try the highest mAh batteries you can find. But if you just bought it, don't turn it in to have it fixed, RETURN IT for another. It's possible you got a bad one. And after just a few days, you're well within your rights to return it for another one. If they balk, get your credit card company involved.

But in the end, shooting in HD will burn the battery life faster than stills or regular video would.
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