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Summary: same problem
Review: i have the quick charger - doesn't help at all. i have 2 of these batteries and they both exhibit the same problem of full-charge... and then 10 minutes later, empty.the info at the sony website says that if i ship the camera, batteries, and charger, they will evaluate the problem for free. i will take them up on this, i think.
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Summary: WOW! I'm not alone!!
Review: I have the same problems. Unfortunately it wasn't until AFTER the vacation that I found out the information on the battery. Quite honestly I wasn't having any problems with the batteries. Finally one day while on vacation after charging it up, the indicator started flashing. (The one with the battery with the slash through it). I have a Sony Cybershot DSC-P50.
Believe it or not as long as I have the flash on, I can take a bunch of pics as suggested. Unfortunately I didn't know this while on vacation so I missed taking some awesome pics. But it's ok. Glad to know I'm not alone!!
rj
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Summary: Sony Batteries
Review: I have the Sony DSC-P1 and 3 defective batteries. Seems like Sony can build lots of electronics but not much in the way of batteries. None of the suggestions have helped me with the problems I have with my batteries. If they really are the company I thought they were when I purchased their product, they would take care of this for me, as well as the others with the same complaints. At $60 a pop to use my camera it will soon return me to film, and not many other sony products in my house.
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Summary: it's the baaaad battery!!!!
Review: I have the {VERY EXPENSIVE} quick charger, and I still have the same problem with the battery. I am sure the battery is defective, not the camera. I ordered my camera while stationed in Iraq, so you can imagine my frustration, as it is extremely difficult to remedy the problem from here.
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Summary: Expensive and short lived
Review: I have two of the batteries and they both exhibit the same problem: a full charge lasts about 10 shots going from "80 minutes" suddenly down to nothing and then shutting off. I've tried the tricks about draining the battery by keeping it on until it automatically shuts off and then doing a full recharge. Tried it twice consecutively, but to no avail.
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Summary: Hopeless
Review: I purchased a DSC-P1 camera with an extra NP-FS11 battery in October 2001. Even when these batteries were in peak condition they did not last more than a few hours (providing use of the screen was heavily rationed) In August 2002 I purchased another battery as the first two were not providing much battery life. It is now Jan 2003 and all three batteries are completely dead and will not hold more than about 3 minutes of charge. If Sony charged "less" for these things I would not mind so much, but to blow about "a big amount of money" on 3 batteries one of which is dead after 5 months is ridiculous. I quite like the DSC-P1, but I would not buy another Sony product requiring a rechargable battery because of the hopeless performance of this battery.
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Summary: It's clear now that I'm not alone
Review: I purchased the P1 very early in 2001. I first noticed the problems after about 6 months and then my other spare battery soon after experienced the same. Love the camera, hate the batteries! I'm a Sony lover...32" XBR2-100-$2500, Camcorder, Beta, VHS, CD, boombox, on and on.....this is very frustrating to mess around with the batteries. Hint, buy new and send the old battery back to Sony for warranty (you now have two newer)...If they catch me, they can take me to court...I'll give the camera to the judge and see what it's like to be stuck with a displayed fully-charged battery that works for 2 pictures!
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Summary: Help For This Battery
Review: I signed on looking for this battery and noticed everyone had the same problem. I also have the Sony DSC-P1. Taking "Canada's " advice I killed the battery. You should set the flash to on. After you turn on the camera and the flash is charged take a picture right away and continue doing this as soon as the charge light is steady. I took 150 pictures this way(2 64 meg cards) on a socalled dead battery. Don't give the battery indicater a chance to come on. This battery used to charge in 4 minutes and die in 3.:). After I killed the battery to the point it didn't have the energy to pull the lens back in, it took 2 hours to charge and hasn't died yet! I don't think the battery itself has memory, I think it has a problem with the info part that tells the camera how much powers left and it fools the camera into shuting off. Hope this helps all. It helped both my batteries.
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Summary: Help For This Battery
Review: I signed on looking for this battery and noticed everyone had the same problem. I also have the Sony DSC-P1. Taking "Canada's " advice I killed the battery. You should set the flash to on. After you turn on the camera and the flash is charged take a picture right away and continue doing this as soon as the charge light is steady. I took 150 pictures this way(2 64 meg cards) on a socalled dead battery. Don't give the battery indicater a chance to come on. This battery used to charge in 4 minutes and die in 3.:). After I killed the battery to the point it didn't have the energy to pull the lens back in, it took 2 hours to charge and hasn't died yet! I don't think the battery itself has memory, I think it has a problem with the info part that tells the camera how much powers left and it fools the camera into shuting off. Hope this helps all. It helped both my batteries.
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Summary: Thank you to "A customer from Canada"
Review: I too have been disappointed with this battery. My first one lasted for about 10 months, then I purchased a second one which also stopped holding a charge after about 10 months.
I followed the advice of a previous reviewer (a customer from Canada) and now both batteries work again. They just needed to be completely discharged prior to attempting to charge them which wasn't happening through their normal use.
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