I expect this is the same kind of issues as the goofy GPS test but this time about the flash instead of the backlight.
It's literally mentioned in the video... Vivitar S126
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/4187156
Wow, a 25 gbp digital camera.
Before leaping to conspiracy theories I'd like proof. Subjectively though, the backlight looks significantly brighter on the left camera, but it could just be the viewing angle. Only one way to find out...
AVOID
Purchased 2 of these at the same time as cheap and cheerful for our 2children to venture into the digital camera world on there own. First the battery compartment buckled on 1 as we closed lid with the battery's in. We got a replacement but that with the other one battery door kept popping open so we had to use cello tape to keep closed. Used cheap batteries and only took three pictures before flat so used Duracell and got 10 pictures on one 12 on the other before batteries were flat again.
The camera without the Batteriser "slave" is still taking photos, but the flash is not charging in the 10 seconds between photos. I wonder how many photos they would both take if you left them both running.
The camera without the Batteriser "slave" is still taking photos, but the flash is not charging in the 10 seconds between photos. I wonder how many photos they would both take if you left them both running.
Based on users' reviews these cameras appear to have particularly poor power management.e.g...
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It's seems like a very obscure choice of product for the test.... someone's been doing their homework.
Used cheap batteries and only took three pictures before flat so used Duracell and got 10 pictures on one 12 on the other before batteries were flat again.
That is why this whole saga has been so thoroughly entertaining... Nobody is quite sure whether these PHD engineer "GENIUSES" are really as clueless as they appear or if it is all an elaborate, intentional ploy to slurp money out of unsuspecting masses with their vague, evasive marketing wankery.
Why did they never publish any data if they are so SMRT and their product is so great? This whole thing makes no sense, which is why we've all been watching!
It's literally mentioned in the video... Vivitar S126
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/4187156
Wow, a 25 gbp digital camera.
Such a dumb video....
"Most devices use only a fraction of the energy in their battery's"
in a few weeks users here will confirm that most devices uses most to all energy in the battery
And how can you call i a "test" when all you are doing is showing how a boost converter works.
Has Dave got three AAA Batteryiseroos? I'd happily pay £25 quid for one of these cameras so he could repeat the test.
The camera without the Batteriser "slave" is still taking photos, but the flash is not charging in the 10 seconds between photos. I wonder how many photos they would both take if you left them both running.
Well we know the non-batteroo camera gave up entirely after about 420 (you can see it in the video)
- Some features, such as Flash, will not work if the battery power level is low.
- When the battery power is low the battery icon turns red and the
camera will automatically turn off a few seconds later.
Has Dave got three AAA Batteryiseroos? I'd happily pay £25 quid for one of these cameras so he could repeat the test.
IIRC, he received three AAA types in total in the batch from a user, but one of them fell apart the first time he tried to use it (soldered tabs fell off) so he has only two AAA left. The other one could certainly still be used with a bit of metal soldered on to make contact, but I think he was going to attach wires to it for more thorough bench testing.
I suspect the carefully selected 10sec recycle time in the test was chosen because 10 seconds doesn't give the Alkaline chemistry time to recover between flash charge bursts of current draw. In real life, where you'd use the flash every now and then it would be different. What if the test was set up to do 10 photos with no flash, 1 min pause, 1 photo with flash, 1 min pause, 10 photos with flash, etc... I think the result would be the opposite. That's why I say all of the test conditions were carefully selected to give a desired result. By someone who knows this very well, about Alkaline chemistry etc.
Edit: I remembered the phrase I was trying to think of when I was typing the above: "Deliberately misleading" was it.
Edit2: Anyone else hate the voice they used for the voice-over in that camera test ad? She sounds so smug and slimy. Yuck.
Additional note: the quiescent current of the Batteroo sleeve is about 14 uA. With normal use, e.g. 8 hours per day, the battery in an Apple keyboard might last a month without the Batteroo sleeve (reported by some users on Amazon). This means the quiescent current of the Batteroo sleeve alone will reduce the battery life time significantly.
Has Dave got three AAA Batteryiseroos? I'd happily pay 25 quid for one of these cameras so he could repeat the test.
Edit2: Anyone else hate the voice they used for the voice-over in that camera test ad? She sounds so smug and slimy. Yuck.
Edit2: Anyone else hate the voice they used for the voice-over in that camera test ad? She sounds so smug and slimy. Yuck.