Olympus dillema..

External Since: Sep 27, 2005 Posts: 2

hi all,

i've bought olympus C-770 ultra zoom, so far its good qualtiy camera
wiht custom setting on Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, and Manual
exposure modes. The picture quality is also impressing, but the only
thing is that its battery dried out very quick.....even i fot the
additional L12C batteries, but the uptime is quite short...are there
any ways to conserve the battery charge or other alternative
batteries....

regards,
RegB

External Since: Sep 13, 2005 Posts: 18

"Paul Heslop" <paul.heslop RemoveThis @blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Reggae_boy wrote:
> >
> > hi all,
> >
> > i've bought olympus C-770 ultra zoom, so far its good qualtiy camera
> > wiht custom setting on Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, and Manual
> > exposure modes. The picture quality is also impressing, but the only
> > thing is that its battery dried out very quick.....even i fot the
> > additional L12C batteries, but the uptime is quite short...are there
> > any ways to conserve the battery charge or other alternative
> > batteries....
> >
> > regards,
> > RegB
>
> you can use the settings to switch the rear screen off as a rule, so
> you have to switch it back on by hand. I think you can also do this
> with the viewfinder. There is also a thing that kind of puts the cam
> into sleep after a certain time, my 725 came with this set to default
> and it shuts of after a very short time, but pressing any button wakes
> it. problem is if you're shooting live action this can take a little
> too long.
>
> I would think about turning off that rear screen first and see if it
> helps. The 725 uses 4XAA batteries so I can't compare battery length
> for you.

Also, make sure Full Time Autofocus is switched off
Malcolm