Camcorder

Keep the Battery Charged

Camcorder batteries can lose their  charge when they have been stored for a extended period of time. Even if you stored the battery at full charge plug your camcorder in the night before to make sure you get the most you can out of the battery when you need it.

Start using the view finder more

Using the LCD Screen can be an easy habit when you are recording an event. The LCD screen uses more than twice the battery power than your camcorders viewfinder does. If you need to conserve your camcorders battery power then try to close the LCD screen and use the viewfinder instead.

Everybody wants to watch the movie now

It can be tempting to want to watch the event you just recorded. If you can wait and watch the event later once you get home or to the hotel, when you can just plug it in. That will allow  you to be able to get more out of your battery when you really need it.

You don’t have to get crazy with the options

Turning your camcorder on and off and zooming in and out can take up a lot of battery power. You are going to want to zoom, and turning your camcorder off when you are going to stop recording for a while is a great idea. Keeping things like that to a minimum will help your battery duration.

Buy another External Battery Charger

If your camcorder is the battery charger then you may want to purchase  another external battery charger. Having two batteries allows you to keep one on the charger at all times. This is a great idea when holidays roll around, and the demand on your camcorder is high. Nobody wants to miss that special event when it happens.