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>Be me in 2016
>This shitty compact I bought when we were dirt poor is on its last legs after close to a decade of hard usage
>Time to move upmarket and on to a DSLR/Bridge Camera
>This will be used for much of the same as before, approx 500 - 1500 photos per session or per week on vacation
>Yea its pretty much point-and-shit tier, but like I give a fuck what you think
>Naturally, some run on Li-Ion batteries, surely I'll find something that runs on more traditional power as I need quick-switching
>Almost zero cameras run on AA/LR6 batteries
>Those that do are either in short supply or freshly discontinued
>Find one that runs on a set of 4 AAs and quite happy with it after 3 years, ~3 hours between changes
>Want to move into full-time photography however, and want to be able to use more settings than an amateur, as well as accessories such as a sun hood and of course, lenses
>Absolutely no cameras run on AAs/LR6s now, the market has become 100% Li-Ion in the last 2 years
>Even fucking COMPACTS run exclusively on Li-Ion
>All of them are listed in the number of photos you can take, it's usually around 300 before a charge
The fuck? Do they just not care about planned obsolescence anymore? Also why can't I ever find out how much power "idling" (waiting to take a photo with just the viewfinder on) uses? Like is it a ratio of 1 minute = 1 photo, 5 minutes = 1 photo? Surely it must use SOME power, right?
I foresee that I'd need a "spare", and a power pack for the original battery to give me 3 swaps, or about 900 photos per session, and would need to replace both batteries with new ones within 2 - 3 years max. Quite frankly I'd rather make 10 changes with a set of 4 AAs in a single day, yet it seems that's no longer an option unless I want someone's used hardware. Why did camera manufacturers stop making cameras powered by AAs? Is there any "pro" DSLR made in the last ~5 or so years that runs on them? Or is it time to buy that portable power pack and have done with it?
