Fuji car adapters for recharging.

coldclimb

OK, here's my story. I've got a Fuji F700 digital cam. I'll be heading out in June for two weeks in a remote mountain range, doing a lot of climbing and a lot of clicking pictures. To recharge my camera while I'm out there, I purchased the Brunton Solar Roll 4.5 which I hoped would plug into my camera. It doesn't, but it has an adapter to plug in a car charger. "No problem" I figure, "I'll just head down to the camera shop and grab one."

Nuh uh.:nono Nobody in the STATE has the stinking things. I've spent several days looking all over Wasilla and Anchorage, and if Anchorage doesn't have it, nobody does. "OK" I says, "This isn't the best way, but I can find it online."

Imagine my consternation when the great and powerful INTERNET refuses me, showing that the only sites in the world offering the Fuji AC 5v car adapter made for my camera are in the UK, and will not export to me.

Now I turn to you guys.:D

Fortunately I bought the solar roll from REI. I did this because I know they will accept a return, and I kept the receipt. Now... is there any way I can make this thing work at all, or is my best bet going to be returning this solar panel and buying 300 dollars worth of batteries for the trip? Can anyone here clue me in on some method I'm not seeing here for getting my camera recharged in the wild? I appreciate any help you can offer!

ian408

Couple of things. Does the camera have a replacement battery? If so,
you might carry several with you. Avoid chimping, turn the camera off when
you're not shooting, etc. Charge them as near to your departure as practical.
However, I would add that you don't want to buy new, charge and leave. You
likely want to charge, discharge and recharge at least once. Preferably twice
before you use them.

You can probably use the solar panel to trickle charge the car battery over
a long period but it's not likely to be of much use for the camera.

Ian

coldclimb

OK, that helps. Now if I charge say seven or eight batteries, are they going to hold that charge long enough to be of use to me ten days into this trip?

ian408

coldclimb wrote:

OK, that helps. Now if I charge say seven or eight batteries, are they going to hold that charge long enough to be of use to me ten days into this trip?

If you keep them warm and cozy, probably. One problem batteries have is
exposure to cold. If you're camping, keep them in your bag with you at night.

Do you know how many shots you can shoot, on average, you can calculate
the number you'll need.

You'll also need to consider shooting fewer pictures as well.

Ian

coldclimb

ian408 wrote:

You'll also need to consider shooting fewer pictures as well.

Ian

Fewer pictures is NOT an option!rofl

Hmmm.. keep them warm... I'd have to carry them in my pockets to do that, but it's doable.

Ugh... this sucks.

Dixie

Since you are asking about a car adapter charger for your camera, I am going to assume that your car will be available during some portions of the two weeks.

I recommend a power inverter. I use one all the time since I spend a lot of time out where the only reliable source of power is my auto. You just plug it into your cigarette lighter and then plug the camera's AC charger into it. I use mine to charge my camera batteries, notebook computer battery, PDA, etc. I even use it to run my notebook while downloading images and burning them onto CD's as well.

Here is a link to a 150 watt power inverter sold by Circuit City:

• 150 Watt Power Inverter

There are less expensive ones, but I've found that the 150W does the job for just about anything I need (won't run space heaters though) while camping and on photo treks.

You can also find them at Best Buy, Wal-Mart, or just about any other electronics store.

If you're lucky, your auto has a non-switched 12v recepticle which you can use when the car isn't running. Mine does and I've never had any problem charging things over night with the car off because the draw is so light. However, I would test it first just to make sure so you won't be in the middle of nowhere and run your auto battery down the first time you try.

Hope this helps.

Prezwoodz

Wont be a car available his solar panel recharger only has a female plug for a car extention.

coldclimb

Yeah, Prezwoodz is right. There won't be a car, or even a road, for several hundred miles in any direction. All I've got is this solar panel with a female cigarrette lighter port, and it's 4.5 watts, so it won't be running an inverter, sadly. Prezwoodz is my partner on this expedition, and by some strange twist of fate, has the exact same camera and is in the exact same position.

So I'm thinking our best option is to buy up the whole state's battery supply (oh, did I mention that nobody here even has the BATTERIES? I had to nab a spare from a demo camera at a photo shop in Anchorage.) and just stow them in our pockets for the whole trip, conserving as much juice as possible. Not the most fun, but what's a guy to do? At least I can get three for the price of this solar roll.

Dixie

Sorry about that. The subject line threw me (Fuji car adapters for recharging.).

Then extra batteries are about the only way to go. Figure how many photos you get to a charge and try to make sure that you have enough batteries to carry you through the trip. That probably means lots of extra memory as well.

Good luck with both the batteries and the trip.

tlittleton

coldclimb wrote:

OK, here's my story. I've got a Fuji F700 digital cam. I'll be heading out in June for two weeks in a remote mountain range, doing a lot of climbing and a lot of clicking pictures. To recharge my camera while I'm out there, I purchased the Brunton Solar Roll 4.5 which I hoped would plug into my camera. It doesn't, but it has an adapter to plug in a car charger. "No problem" I figure, "I'll just head down to the camera shop and grab one."!

Does anyone there have the car charger for Sony's popular new PSP? I actually use the PSP's AC adapter with my s5100, and I found that the car charger for it works great too. If it fits the F700, it might work for you.

tomgardner

Try the universal digital camera battery chargers- they work.
Hi,
Have you tried the Uniross universal digital camera battery charger? I have just bought one (in UK) for a cycling expedition to Bolivia this June, where we will be using a solar panel for 2 different digital cameras, GPS, and a Flashtrax portable hard disk image tank. This charger comes with adapter modules for pretty much every conceivable digicam lithium battery, with car adapter, and only weighs about 150g if you leave the AC converter (450g) behind. There is a current link on ebay here if you are very quick http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=50518&item=7512982409&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW for a seller in the US, and you may well find others, even if you have to get one from Hong Kong.

This site
http://www.battery-force.co.uk/detail_URCHRG001D.html
has full details of batteries supported. I have tested it with canon BP511 and Fuji NP40 with my Exponent Flex 5W panel and it works.

UPDATE: check this one out too:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=50512&item=7514396978&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Looks good does lots of batteries including
Fuji NP- 30, 40, 50, 80, 100, 120 and is only $32

Or
http://www.atbatt.com/product/ItemID/5472.asp
at $35 for the fuji NP40 battery specifically, as I believe your camera uses?

Good luck,

Tom

Angelo

have you tried: http://www.samys.com/ ?