Digital Camera Battery

Just buying a digital camera won’t do! You must also have some knowledge about the digital camera battery. This knowledge is essential because a digital camera battery not only has enough power to run your camera, but your flash also. It can also power accessories such as laptop computers, storage devices, cell phones and much more. It can also power two devices at the same time and has adjustable outputs that match each device automatically
In this article, you will find an in depth discussion about digital camera battery.

Types of digital camera battery
a) 40- Watt NiMH: If you want to power both your digital camera and flash at the same time use this digital camera battery. Though this 40-watt unit weighs just1.5 pounds but can provide over 1,300 full power flashes from a shoe mount flash.  This battery has a length of 2.8 inches and a width of 1.3 inches. You only have to add a cable for your camera and flash and you are ready to go. Get the soft padded carrying cases and mount it on your belt and you won't even know it's there. It has a height of 6.3 inches and weighs just 1.5 pounds. You must also know about the catalog numbers for the various chargers that you can use for recharging this battery. They are DCB0455, which is a US charger with two flat pins; the second one is DCB0042, which is a UK charger with three-square pins. The third one is DCB0158, the Euro charger with 3 round pins and the last one is DCB0479, which is a worldwide fast charger and padded case.
a) 80-Watt NiMH: For you guys who want to power a laptop computer with a digital camera battery, I would recommend the 80-watt unit. This unit provides over 2,600 full power flashes from a shoe mount flash on a single charge. It has a length of 2.8 inches and a width of 1.3 inches. It is a bit bigger in size than the previous one with the height of 10.3 inches and a bit heavier with 2.8 pounds weight but imagine all this power from a battery weighing less than 3 pounds. All of the digital camera battery models have dual regulated outputs that provide stable voltage from start to finish. This keeps the camera and flash from slowing down when the action starts to speed up. One of the chargers you can use is DCB0103, which is a worldwide fast charger and the other one is DCB0097, which is a worldwide fast charger with a padded case.
  b)  120-Watt NiMH: Do you want even more power, okay then try the 120 watt digital camera battery. This provides about 4,000 full power flashes from a standard shoe mount flash on a single charge. This has a length of 2.8 inches and a width of 1.3 inches. It is a bigger, and heavier battery to use, with the height of 14.3 inches and weight of 3.9 pounds. All of the Digital Camera Battery models have dual regulated outputs that provide stable voltage from start to finish. This keeps the camera and flash from slowing down when the action starts to speed up. This model includes the Worldwide fastcharger DCB0486, takes about 9 hours to charge if completely discharged
c) 160-Watt NiMH: Want to use a powerful battery? Here it is. This has a length of 2.8 inches and a width of 1.3 inches. This is a bigger and heavier battery to use, with the height of 18.3 inches and weight of 5 pounds. For people who want maximum power, this unit is a must. It provides over 5,300 full power flashes from a standard shoe mount flash on a single charge. This model includes the Worldwide Fastcharger DCB0493and takes about 12 hours to charge if completely discharged.

So those of you who were wondering till now about which battery to buy can easily go for any of the digital camera batteries mentioned above.