Digital Memory Cards

[Robert Spenger]

For those who use AA cells, a solar charger can do the job on both
Nicads and NiMHs. Mine weighed only 6 ounces (about 170 g) and I could
hang it from a cord on my left side so that it was in the sun.
Naturally, the rule of the perversity of inanimate objects kicked in
when my first case of cell depletion occurred at the same time that the
first rain of the trip started. I lucked out however - all this
happened in the evening and the next morning there was enough
occasional sunlight to do the job. The other advantage of AAs is that
you can just about always find a place to buy the ordinary alkaline
cells if you are unable to do any recharging.

Bob


On Mar 8, 2004, at 4:30 PM, Jeffrey Crawley wrote:

> I take it the Kodak uses AA batteries? As Pieter says you can buy 2100
> mAh
> batteries now which last longer (good for GPS too). You can charge
> these in
> a standard charger although that can be as bulky as your dock. I
> carried a
> credit card sized Casio Exilim camera last time, this HAS to be
> charged from
> the cradle as it doesn't take standard batteries. There will, as you
> say, be
> problems as more and more pilgrims use digital cameras and mobile phone
> chargers. Refugios do not abound in power sockets.
>
> Jeffrey
>