Having previously owned a digital camera taking normal AA batteries a key priority in buying a new camera was to have a rechargable battery. This battery came with the Sony Cybershot DSC-W55 and i have been using it for about 2 months and have not found a fault with it. It came free with the Camera (Amazom £139) but it can be bought separately for around £20.
The battery charges up through a charger which plugs to a normal plug socket and takes around 4hrs depending on how charged the battery is. I got this charger with the camera and you should get it with any sony camera you get. The only reason therefore to buy this battery is as a replacement but i have not found a need for one. I recently took just one battery on a 10 day holiday to Italy and found that the battery lasted all holiday, taking in excess of 200 pictures, and it was not dry at the end of it.
As for the size of it, it is only 35mmx41mmx8 mm and weighes a megre 300g. This size not only means that the camera is that much more compact but also a spare is very easy to transport as is the charger. I know that it gets concealed in the camera but for a battery it is pretty good looking and is a pleasure to use.
As with most batteries, their life decreases in low temperature bsurroundings, which is fine if you constantly use it in England or the Med but if you holiday in the arctic or equivalent then a spare battery would be pretty important. One other important thing is that if you don't use the battery that often, then you have to make sure that you fully charge it up and drain it once a year.
The only only battery pack i have experience is an olympus one in my dad's digital camera, which even though the camera is not as good, lasts for much less time and is more bulky. So based on that it really is a brilliant battery but i would recommend to wait until you've used the supplied one until you buy a spare, unless youre going on a really long holiday.
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