username wrote in message <64uktp$7f0@news.webspan.net>...

>Using the original NP-720 lithim ion battery that ships
>with the unit. What has been the average run time per charge
>you people are experiencing ?
>I seem to get approx 30 minutes tops out of it... before the
>charge is depleted to the point where the unit shuts itself off.
>The figures in the manual are ambiguous - "40 minutes typical
>recording time", and "80 minutes continuous using time" ... whatever
>the hell that means ? ...
>Do I have a marginal battery ? or is this in line with what
>everyone else is experiencing ?


I have four of those batteries, and they seem to last long
enough (each...;-) for about 25-40 minutes of recording
time (plus considerable additional camera-on-standby time)
with the VX-1000.
Yours sounds normal.
Hope This Helps
David Ruether - http://www.fcinet.com/ruether