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In article <1991May5.064617.20636@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
>The V5000 has a two hour battery? I find that hard to believe.
>20 minutes, perhaps.
>

I've run the V5000 for at least an hour on the np-77H battery that comes
with it.  Its supposedly a 2 hour battery and battery life depends a lot
on which features you have turned on.  I normally run with digital effects
off unless I'm on the charger/power supply.  I also turn off the auto focus
and some of the other auto stuff to reduce the power consumed by the
auto-focus hunting.
I also bought an ambico 1.5 hour battery.  With only the
digital effects off and the autofocus/autolock on the 1.5 hour battery died
41 minutes into taping after its first charge.  The sony 2 hour battery
lasted at least an hour (I finished taping in about 65 minutes so I don't
know how long it might have lasted.  I also turned of the auto focus/lock
stuff when not needed, perhaps about 50% of the time).
I have purchased a second SONY NP-77H battery as it does consume batteries
quicker then other camcorders and I prefer to have charged an extra battery
then to run out of battery power before I'm finished.

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