According to the vast majority of the reviews found through Google Search, these batteries are meant to be amongst the very best in powering your high drain electronic devices, especially for photographic equipment such as digital camera’s and flash guns. When I read all the hype, I thought to myself “hey, that’s gotta be worth a try”.

At £7-£10 for 4, they’re not the cheapest of rechargeable batteries, but when you consider the long term potential saving, it’s worth giving it a chance.

A few years ago I purchased a large quantity of rechargeable AA batteries through ebay, supposedly rated at 2500mAh+.
They were fantastic on the first use. Infact they were pretty good even after the second and third times too. I would use the batteries till they were flat, charge them up and leave them ready for next time. However, there once came a time, when I put 4 of them in my flash gun, and the ready light wouldn’t trigger. It took around 30-40 seconds till it even gave a hint of power. I fired one shot, and that was it, they were dead. I guess what had happened, the rechargeable batteries had lost there charge while they were sitting around in the bottom of my bag.

Since then, I decided I would purchase a fresh set of batteries, for every shoot. Costco, do fantastic deals on batteries. They have their own brand Kirkland batteries which come in at around £13 for 40, or you can get 36 Duracell Plus for around £12. I prefer the Duracell batteries, they had a faster recycle time between shots.

On a typical indian, hindu/asian wedding, I can expect to drain 28-36 batteries. If the venue has higher than normal ceiling, or is very dim lit, I can easily flatten between 32-40 batteries in the space of 8 hours.

So for this year, I’ve decided to invest in these rechargeable Sanyo Eneloop batteries. They supposedly retain their charge for longer when not in use, and at the same time sustain their power when in use. Perfect for chucking into my flash guns.

I’ve bought a set of 12 of these, so I’m expecting some great things from them. I’ll come back and post a review when I’ve had some time and experience with them.

If you happen to have come across this site while on the hunt for the cheapest place to get these, checkout 7dayshop.com I got mine from here and I’ve been pretty happy with their service so far, so I can recommend them.

If you have high drain electrical devices, then perhaps these batteries might be a good place to start.

It’s firmly attached to the 5D, and produces astounding results! The full frame sensor of the 5D gives this prime lens the space to breath!

I need to get this lens out and give it a real world work-out. But for now I’m super happy with what it’s produced. Can’t wait to try it on faces and see how the portraits look.

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Do you get the idea why I’m super stoked about this prime? Alot more from this lens to come real soon.

I may start posting more images taken with my G10 as I become more familiar with it’s capability.

A sleek new revolutionary design of the Arc, incorporates the usability of a full size desktop mouse, with the transportability of a laptop mini-mouse and the attraction of a wire-free desk area.

When I first saw the mouse, I thought to myself “that’s just a fashion statement / gimmick gadget. Surely that would not be comfortable to use?”
The design definitely caught my attention. It comes in 2 colours red or black. I’ve got the black version here and it’s definitely stylish from all angles. Even the microtransceiver is so small that it makes you wonder why the other manufacturers are still using the 2inch USB dongles.

The mouse communicates to your PC (or Mac) via 2.4Ghz wireless signals. The transceiver is a USB dongle device which loads itself onto your operating system and initiates communication with it’s paired mouse. It really was plug and play, although I would guess if your machine isn’t up to date, you may need to download the latest drivers from Microsoft’s website. Additionally, the Arc comes with some software known as Microsoft Intellipoint. It comes in all flavours of OS including 64bit Vista and XP. The software allows you to expand the ability of the Arc by customising features assigned to button clicks on the mouse. 2 x AAA Energizer batteries are also included, and are said to last for up to 6 months. I can’t test this yet, but I will let you know if this is true. I’ll know when the batteries are almost flat, because the mouse has a small green LED in between the left and right buttons which will glow red, when that time comes. The mouse itself folds in half for portability, to 60% of it’s original size, and comes with a trendy suede pouch to put it in for travel. The USB transceiver is stored underside of the mouse on a magnetic strip. The mouse is covered in a hard rubber, that allows for better grip and control. All in all I think it’s a fantastic design and unique idea, to a product that had already seen a million different designs in years gone by.