Anybody know where one can purchase Lithium Ion batteries for the Toshiba PDR-M3?

Also, how long do these batteries tend to last in this camera (with and without the continual use of the LCD), and what is their shelf life?

Thanks.

-- Deborah (deborah.bryant@natinst.com), May 05, 1999

Answers

nooooo get nimh batteries! See the item above with the guy asking "should I use NiMH batteries?"

-- benoit (foo@bar.com), May 06, 1999.

DO NOT buy NiMHs for use with a PDR-M3! According to Toshiba's web site the Toshiba PDR-M3 makes use of a single RECHARGEABLE Li-Ion battery. They list Fuji NP-100 as being the part number of the battery. Do a search for PDR-M3 accessories or just search for the NP-100. I imagine one comes with the camera and probably has to be recharged in the camera as Fuji did with the MX-700. They also have an external charger available for the battery used in the MX-700 (possibly the NP-100???) I imagine the same one or a similar model will be made available for the PDR-M3's battery.

I'd try going to www.cnet.com and trying the search function on their shopping page as a good general starting point. You can get dealer info, pricing, and often availability and shipping charges.b

-- Gerald Payne (gmp@francorp.francomm.com), May 08, 1999.

Gerald's right on this one: The PDR-M3 uses a special battery. Otherwise, I would recommend NiMHs, but in this case, you have to get what the camera uses. - As Gerald suggested, try searching on NP-100 online. Of our advertisers, State Street Direct seems to do a pretty good job of stocking accessories, so they may carry the batteries. (It's the same unit, used by the PDR-M3 and the Fuji MX-600, essentially the same cameras. - Hence, either Toshiba or Fuji dealers should have it.)

-- Dave Etchells (detchells@imaging-resource.com), May 10, 1999.

Dear Deborah,

I want to buy a Fuji MX-600Z this summer so I've done a little research on this. The MX-600Z and the PDR-M3 appear to be knock-offs of each other and they both use the same Fuji NP-100 Li-Ion battery. The best price I found was from www.buy.com. The list price on this battery is about $100 but buy.com had it for $44 when I checked about a week ago. Let me know what you think of your PDR-M3.

Randy

-- Randy Weivoda (Rweivoda@compuserve.com), May 21, 1999.