{"id":3146,"date":"2015-12-27T00:58:58","date_gmt":"2015-12-27T05:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=3146"},"modified":"2015-12-27T00:58:58","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T05:58:58","slug":"sony-could-make-a-smarter-charger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2015\/12\/27\/sony-could-make-a-smarter-charger","title":{"rendered":"Sony could make a smarter charger?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00K7O2DJU\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00K7O2DJU&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=colincharles-20&amp;linkId=KT4RKB5RDGNQV6EK\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sony DSC-RX100M III<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=colincharles-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00K7O2DJU\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> for over a year, despite thinking that my iPhone will be my primary pocket camera. I have to say that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00NQGOODE\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00NQGOODE&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=colincharles-20&amp;linkId=VDNLY7PI3GYFTMS6\" rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone 6 Plus 64GB<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=colincharles-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00NQGOODE\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> is a fine phone, and it has an amazing camera and I don\u2019t have plans to get the iPhone 6s Plus (see: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/philg\/2015\/12\/02\/iphone-6s-plus-not-worthwhile-upgrade-for-photographers\/\">not a worthy upgrade for photographers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/philg\/2015\/09\/10\/is-the-iphone-6s-plus-camera-actually-worse-than-the-iphone-6-plus-camera\/\">is it worse?<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>So generally the iPhone suffices for lots of snaps, Instagram\/Facebook pics, etc. But when it comes to taking a family vacation, I whip out the Sony RX100 III. From comparisons, it doesn\u2019t seem like I would benefit too much from the RX100 IV, since a lot of the improvements seem to be around video which I tend not to take.<\/p>\n<p>The battery is rated at about 320 shots, and I think I get about there but some days are special and I exhaust the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00CBB7P4U\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00CBB7P4U&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=colincharles-20&amp;linkId=LSUGR7BFHA2HEYUK\" rel=\"nofollow\">NP-BX1<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=colincharles-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00CBB7P4U\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Couple that with misplacing my battery charger which also has a USB cable so you can transfer images easily, I decided to grab the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B009OZVIJ4\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B009OZVIJ4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=colincharles-20&amp;linkId=A4IHK3VH5MVZRNO7\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sony ACC-TRBX<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=colincharles-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B009OZVIJ4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. This package comes with an additional battery, a charger with USB pass thru so you can charge the camera directly, and of course there\u2019s the brick that allows you to charge the additional battery.<\/p>\n<p>Smart solution? You should be able to charge the battery within the camera as well as the battery in the charger, right? Wrong. They build a silly button that either allows you to charge via USB the battery within the camera OR the battery in the dock. Why?!?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Well, that was RM300 spent on the ability to get more pictures. However one wonders what the designers at Sony were thinking? 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