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Any recommendation for digital cameras with optical viewfinder and standard batteries ? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/photography

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I was happy with some compact kodak models, IIRC olympus used standards accumulators too, but i am not sure there are still selling on the market ?

Update:

I think Canon PowerShot A1400 is the most recent product that would fit my needs.. wondering if there anything newer, or more sophisticated ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentax_K-x

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[–] Blue_Morpho 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

This isn't what you are looking for but many old cameras have a mini USB power port to provide power if no battery is installed or to recharge the battery. Combined with a AA USB power bank you could power the camera on AA's but with the hassle of a power cord running to the power bank in your pocket.

I did this a few times with my PDA 25 years ago.

[–] IMALlama 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

A number of newer cameras also support USB-PD. I'm sure there's some devil in the detail here, but you should be able to run them connected to a PD rated power bank indefinitely.

[–] Blue_Morpho 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's neat. Which USB-PD battery bank have you found that takes AA's? I've only seen USB A.

[–] IMALlama 2 points 3 weeks ago

I am not aware of any USB-PD power banks that take AA's. The idea behind my comment was "you don't have to worry too much about availability of OE batteries".