My battery life is so short on my new Kodak easyshare Z1485 IS. Which battery will give me the greatest number of shorts? Does greater megapixel use more battery?

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Here's the manual

http://support.en.kodak.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/19308/~/kodak-easyshare-c143-digital-camera%E2%A0%E2%80%94%E2%A0extended-user-guide/selected/true

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The battery life is typically short for this model, but maybe you could get some backups try this website.

http://www.duracelldirect.com/kodak_easyshare-c143_digital-camera_accessories.aspx

wait, do you have Li Ion batteries or Ni MH?

I think that Kodak recommends Li Ion batteries which have a higher voltage on them.

I got some generic Li ion battery packs off of Amazon.com, with better specs. than Kodak, and they work fine for my Easyshare z1485 IS camera.

It cost me like $80 to get the charger and two battery packs that are Li Ion, but it's worth it.

My battery packs are rated at 2000 mAh 3.7 Volts each. It's the voltage that counts. You see, if you would split that in half, the voltage for each AA battery is 1.85V which is much higher than the 1.5V that regular Alkaline or Ni MH batteries are rated at.

I tried Alkalines, and Ni MH to no avail. But, the Li Ion batteries, did the trick for me.

Good luck on this 'repair' or battery upgrade.

If your camera (and the battery) is over three years old, buy a new battery.They tend to loose life after 3 yrs.)

There is a dead short somewhere within the battery holder, replaceing the battery will not fix it It will require intervention by a technician to uncover and fis the short circuit or bare wire. Check out the minimum repair cost and compare it to replacing with a newer model. It may well be throw away.

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Here are the steps:
1. Make sure you will install a new or fully charged battery/batteries into your camera. Please use lithium batteries Ni-Mh or rechargeable Batteries (2000 M.Amp or higher).
NB: You are using the correct battery pack.
2. Clean the battery contacts.
a. Remove the battery/batteries and the memory card from your camera, then wipe the battery contacts with a soft, clean cloth.
b. Reinstall the battery/batteries into your camera
3. Turn on your camera without the memory card.

In order to organise your repair or Trade up please Contact KODAK:
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=14563&pq-locale=en_US&_requestid=3490

Google the words...disassemble a digital camera.

try removing the framework 2.0 using the .net framework removal tool, just make sure you are only removing the 2.0 , try using this link http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/attachment/8904493.ashx
reinstall the software afterwards

Most re-chargeable batteries are 1.2V each, totalling 2.4V. The Z712IS Camera is designed for 3V operation. Therefore using 2 re-chargeable bats is not enough, UNLESS they are 3 or 3.7V.