Manual settings : effect battery?

[Dolby]

I got my Canon SX110 on Wednesday and played a little with a few 'auto' photos' that evening. Yesterday I got home from work, clicked it to manual and was trying a few landscape shots with 15 sec shutter speeds etc I must have taken about 20 or so - and now it's flashing low battery :/

Are the batteries they give you bad?
Does manual take more power than auto shots?
Does the camera just eat batteries?

 

[bwana]

Only guessing but longer exposures might require more juice per shot

 

[Dolby]

Eh - well at least I learnt on the batteries they gave me

 

[bwana]

Having a spare battery never hurts (except for your wallet that is).

 

[threegee]

For sure .... nothing worse than missing a shot because you did not have a spare battery. I also suggest buying only original batteries, they are miles ahead in comparison with generics, when you do long exposures you will quickly find out how long a generic battery lasts compared to an original.

 

[adsl3g]

I got my Canon SX110 on Wednesday and played a little with a few 'auto' photos' that evening. Yesterday I got home from work, clicked it to manual and was trying a few landscape shots with 15 sec shutter speeds etc I must have taken about 20 or so - and now it's flashing low battery :/

Are the batteries they give you bad?
Does manual take more power than auto shots?
Does the camera just eat batteries?

Based on my SX100, it eats alkaline batteries - better to get NiMH (the highest MAH rating) - and get 4 at least so you have a spare set.

 

[adsl3g]

For sure .... nothing worse than missing a shot because you did not have a spare battery. I also suggest buying only original batteries, they are miles ahead in comparison with generics, when you do long exposures you will quickly find out how long a generic battery lasts compared to an original.

The SX110 uses normal AA batteries X2.

 

[HypoThesis]

I got my Canon SX110 on Wednesday and played a little with a few 'auto' photos' that evening. Yesterday I got home from work, clicked it to manual and was trying a few landscape shots with 15 sec shutter speeds etc I must have taken about 20 or so - and now it's flashing low battery :/

Are the batteries they give you bad?
Does manual take more power than auto shots?
Does the camera just eat batteries?

Have you charged it again? Usually batteries are useless the first few times you use them...takes a number of charges to get them to optimal performance.