Kodak's Monthly Tech Brief Removes the Milli-Amp Mystery of Digital Camera Batteries.ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Baffled by batteries? If you're one of the millions of newcomers to digital photography, you may find more than a few choices when you're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. batteries to power your digital camera. Kodak's Monthly Tech Brief offers ideas to help power up your picture taking. Just as you choose a car or bus for a short trip, or a jet or train for longer travels, you can select batteries that meet different picture-taking needs. If your digital camera uses AA-size cells, you can choose from several chemistries to meet different needs. Rechargeable re·charge tr.v. re·charged, re·charg·ing, re·charg·es To charge again, especially to reenergize a storage battery. re Ni-MH AA batteries are your best overall value. In addition, Ni-MH cells are better for the environment and require no special handling. When choosing rechargeables, check the fine print. Most AA-rechargeables have a milliamp-hours (mAh) rating; the higher the number, the longer a battery will perform between rechargings. A 2500-mAh battery, such as the KODAK Ni-MH Rechargeable Digital Camera battery, will last longer than an 1800-mAh battery. In terms of performance in a digital camera, owners of cameras taking two AA-size cells have many choices. The CRV CRV Curve CRV Crew Return Vehicle (NASA) CRV California Redemption Value CRV Cassa Di Risparmio Di Vignola (Italian bank) CRV Call Reference Value (telecommunications) 3 lithium battery Lithium batteries are primary batteries that have lithium metal or lithium compounds as an anode. Depending on the design and chemical compounds used lithium cells can produce voltages from 1.5V to about 3V, twice the voltage of an ordinary zinc-carbon battery or alkaline cell. (a non-rechargeable) yields the most pictures. Next longest lasting in a digital camera is the KODAK Ni-MH AA Rechargeable Digital Camera battery (KAARDC), a 2500-mAh battery. Many KODAK EASYSHARE Kodak EasyShare is a sub brand of Eastman Kodak Company products identifying a consumer photography system of digital cameras, snapshot printers, printer docks, accessories, camera docks, software, and online print services. EasyShare was first introduced in 2001. digital cameras also accept the KAA KAA Kick Ass Anime (fansubbing group) KAA Khor Abd Allah (Waterway in Southern Iraq) KAA Kenya Airport Authority KAA Korean American Alliance KAA Kayne Anderson Associates KAA Kdrive Acceleration Architecture 2HR Ni-MH Battery Pack (2100 mAh each) that delivers next-best life among KODAK Ni-MH AA cells, and allows in-camera charging from a KODAK EASYSHARE printer dock or camera dock. Another option: Oxy-Alkaline AA batteries. A change in battery chemistry enables these batteries to last longer than conventional alkaline batteries, making these non-rechargeables ideal when you're camping, sailing, or hiking. Oxy-Alkaline batteries - while not as long-lived as the lithium or rechargeable cells - outperform alkaline cells at a comparable cost. To make all your batteries last longer, use your camera's viewfinder The preview window on a camera that is used to frame, focus and take the picture. On analog cameras, the viewfinder is an eye-sized window that must be pressed against the face. Point-and-shoot digital cameras use small LCD screens that are viewed several inches from the eyes. when the LCD screen isn't necessary, and switch off the display, rather than fully powering down your camera. To learn more, visit www.kodak.com/go/research. About Eastman Kodak Company Kodak is the leader in helping people take, share, print and view images - for memories, for information, for entertainment. With sales of $13.5 billion in 2004, the company is committed to a digitally oriented growth strategy focused on the following businesses: Health -- supplying the medical and dental industries with traditional and digital imaging-information products and services, as well healthcare IT solutions and services; Graphic Communications - offering on-demand color and black and white printing, wide-format inkjet printing, high-speed, high-volume continuous inkjet printing, as well as document scanning, archiving and multi-vendor IT services; Digital & Film Imaging Systems - providing consumers, professionals and cinematographers with digital and traditional products and services; and Display & Components - which designs and manufactures state-of-the-art organic light-emitting diode Noun 1. organic light-emitting diode - a self-luminous diode (it glows when an electrical field is applied to the electrodes) that does not require backlighting or diffusers OLED displays as well as other specialty materials, and delivers imaging sensors to original equipment manufacturers. More information about Kodak (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : EK) is available at www.kodak.com. Note: KODAK and EASYSHARE are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company. 2005 |
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