# I have a few video camera questions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-few-video-camera-questions/376389>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 14, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-few-video-camera-questions/376389 "2006-10-14T02:24:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-few-video-camera-questions/376389/21 "2006-12-31T15:41:48Z")

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A little crank that makes things bright?

Are we not all familiar with Slug Signorino already?

😃 😃 😃 😃

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**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-few-video-camera-questions/376389/22 "2006-12-31T22:59:21Z")

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For when you don’t want to count on solar power:

One solution we found, on long shoots away from power, to the price of camera batteries was car jump booster packs. The ones that basically have a car battery in them and a 12v take-off. They are much cheaper than Camera specific batteries. Then you just need a power inverter to charge up the actual camer batteries. It only works if you a have a truck with you though, they are way to heavy to backpack in with.

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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-few-video-camera-questions/376389/23 "2007-01-01T00:36:22Z")

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Brilliant. In a similar vein, I always have a DC to AC inverter in the car. When driving between locations, we can run the battery charger and stay ahead of the game.

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