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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
I haven't noticed any problems with overheating (knock on wood), but my camera only uses 2. They're in my Canon PowerShot A570 IS, and they've been in there forever. Every time I go to use it, I'm expecting to find dead batteries—surely they've died by now—but they just keep on truckin'. They're the Energizer Lithium 03-2022 AA cells, in case you're interested, and advertised to last 9 times longer in electronic devices, not 6 times, as I erroneously posted earlier.
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Yep! Those are the ones I was using! Great batteries, and I still use them for several OTHER devices that don't require constant drain the way the flash did. And you're right; they DO last forever! Shelf life is about 5 years, so they are the perfect choice for emergency equipment, and the user life goes on and on and on. I could find them in just about every shop all over S.E. Asia, but they are almost impossible to find here in Japan! Very odd... I stock up on them when I travel, and bring them back here.
But that damn flash cost about $800... I use three of them when doing hotel room advertising shoots, running them off optical slaves from my camera's flash. Much more portable than carrying large lights and softboxes, so I had no choice but to replace it... But I don't run the Lithiums in them any more...
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