Battery life of Lumix LC20

[chyeo]

hi everyone,

recently i bought a lc-20 off the net for my trip but found that it eats battery real big. a pair of freshly charged sanyo 2300 aa batts gone in juz 20-40 shots using lcd and random flash. is this normal? or should i send back to panasonic to check? thanks in advance for any advice given.

[eow]

Originally Posted by chyeo hi everyone, recently i bought a lc-20 off the net for my trip but found that it eats battery real big. a pair of freshly charged sanyo 2300 aa batts gone in juz 20-40 shots using lcd and random flash. is this normal? or should i send back to panasonic to check? thanks in advance for any advice given.

try again with a fresh set of alkaline battery..if it happened again...
it might well be the flwg u/m
the camera is spoilt..or
the battery is spoilt..or
the charger is spoilt

[chyeo]

can't be batteries and charger. using them with my 550ex too. but thanks.

anymore advice people?

any lc20 users/ex-users around?

[LifeWorld]

I have used lc20 before. it was my first favourite digital cam. Took it to Europe for 2 weeks. Each average whole day shoot of 200 pics, I only changed batteries once each day. However, I only use lcd to review after shot. For framing, just use the ViewFinder.