Customer Reviews

Olympus LB-01 CR-V3 Lithium Battery for various Stylus & Camedia Digital Cameras (2 Pack)

5 star:		(25)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Maybe some of the lesser cameras in the olympus line drain these at an acceptable rate, but the power intensive E10 and E20 will tear through them in a few sittings, worse if you use the flash (less than 100 pictures). While you won't change batteries as much as with alkalines which will last you maybe 10 pictures with the flash, these cost proportionally more, and you will soon find all your friends buying stock in battery companies. Do yourself and the environment a favor and buy a good set of rechargeable NiMH batteries and a charger. While these lithium batteries may have lasted twice as long as the early NiMH batteries, that is no longer the case as NiMH batteries have improved by about 30% in the last two years. It costs pennies to recharge the NiMH batteries and they do not have memory, so they will last for years.

Did the alkaline, ran through batteries like no tomorrow! Tried the rechargeables, they run out of juice over three or four recharges. Bought the Olympus C740 with these babies in them and used it for over 400 pictures, plus review/preview and deletions for FOUR MONTHS. Took the camera on a six day cruise and took over 200 pictures with no problem.
They are expensive (so four stars instead of 5)but after you mistakenly throw out your first set of rechargeable batteries, or find that they (eventually) have no more power than standard alkalines, you will regret not having spent the money on the Lithium technology.

I wasn't sure what to expect when using these batteries. I had received the Olympus C-720 Ultra Zoom digital camera as a gift and it came with these disposable batteries. I had heard that the digital cameras eat batteries for lunch and didn't expect too much. My wife had purchased an accessory pack that came with NiMH rechargeables, so I had them all ready to go before we left on vacation. After 9 days of vacation, I was shocked that these disposable lithium batteries were still working fine. I filled up my entire 128MB SmartMedia card and had often reviewed many of the pictures in the evening on the camera's screen. Many more shots were taken than the 200+ that fit on the card. Some I had erased after looking at the shot and took it over. On the last day of vacation, the batteries finally died and I was forced to put in the NiMH. I felt that I truly got my money's worth out of the disposables...

The CR-V3 batteries are without a doubt the best digital camera batteries ever produced! I have taken over 1,000 pictures and they just recently died. These are a great value! Why go through packs of AA batteries when you buy these two and they last for so long. Trust me, you will NOT regret buying these!!!

This batteries are a godsend! I was frustrated with my camera (d580 zoom) because the batteries didn't last at all. I used these on my tour through Europe - they lasted over 2 weeks of CONSTANT photo taking, reviewing, turning the camera on and off... They were great. I also have the rechargable AA's, but I would rather pay for these because they last so much longer. Worth the money.

If you ignore the one star rviews that some people are actually giving for the reviewers(in which they are correct in doing so, but incorrect in reviewing the battery for it) then you would see the average go up. I buy these all the time for my D550z. I have done alot of research and not only is this the best battery solution for the D550, it is a pretty good one.

The D550z is your common camera that takes great pictures. and these batteries last a long time, We have a young baby and we are both photographers and have taken over 3,000 pictures in the last sixteen months, that number is not exagerated. These batteries generally last two or three months. Sometimes with flash, sometimes with the screen on.

In short, These batteries are great for your basic common camera and will be eaten up by power hungry cameras like the E10 and 20.

They last way longer than alkalines and niMH. I personally don't like the rechargable solution because you spend a lot of time charging batteries that die quickly. For every time you load these batteries you are going to change Nimh 3 times and charge for a total of 5 hours. Charging for that much time is expensive in itself. $15 every two to three months, for the amount that we shoot, is a bargain, and a bargain over time spent. These should last the regular point and shooter much longer.

I received an Olympus C-720 digital camera for Christmas and it came with these batteries. Since December, I have taken close to a thousand pictures-- including alot of zooming and unzooming and focussing, etc. This included an 8 day trip to Disney World in January. The batteries finally died on June 10.

I replaced the batteries with 4 "normal" AA batteries and they have already died-- after a couple dozen pictures.

When I started looking for the CR-V3 type batteries, I expected them to be very expensive. Given the longevity, I find under $13 per battery to be very reasonable.

Just wanted to note that you need two batteries for most cameras, and this is a pack of two. Don't buy this twice, like I just did!

These batteries have lasted a very long time. Take care not to run the display on the back of the camera all the time, and you should be able to take many hundreds of pictures on one set.

These batteries are well worth the price. We've tried regular alkaline batteries and rechargables, and both will lose power very quickly after only one or two photo sessions, resulting in slow response. These lithium batteries hold a strong charge for months at a time, and never seem to give slow response even as the charge starts to drop.

The batteries must have been old. They only lasted 1 week of a 2 week vacation.