How common are plug-in charge leads for small digicam

[kathie]

I got my subcompact Casio Exilim Z60 a couple of years ago.

It's been irritating to take the battery out for charging. (My
digicam has some problem and doesn't hold the date/time for 20
seconds.)

It would be much better to have a charger socket on the camera.

Does the typical low-to-mid market subcompact digicam nowadays have
a charge socket? Or would I still have to take the battery out to
charge it?

[John Navas]

On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:49:52 +0100, kathie <t...@tom.com> wrote in
<Xns9C26C9BB...@newsfarm.ams2.highwinds-media.com>:

The ones I'm familiar with all require the battery to be removed for
charging, which has the advantage of being able to charge a 2nd battery
while the 1st is in use, but they don't forget settings in the process.

--
Best regards,
John
Panasonic DMC-FZ28 (and several others)

[Ofnuts]

kathie wrote:
> I got my subcompact Casio Exilim Z60 a couple of years ago.
>
> It's been irritating to take the battery out for charging. (My
> digicam has some problem and doesn't hold the date/time for 20
> seconds.)
>
> It would be much better to have a charger socket on the camera.
>
> Does the typical low-to-mid market subcompact digicam nowadays have
> a charge socket?

No

Or would I still have to take the battery out to
> charge it?

Yes

But you can also get a second battery, so your camera is battery-less
only for the time required to swap them. And you get some spare power
for those days where you use the flash often.

--
Bertrand