I recently misplaced my canon charger for my camera, and was curious if the camera charges when connected to the comp through a mini USB. It's connected now and I don't know whether I'm wasting or gaining battery. The lack of a battery indicator on the camera doesn't help either.
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Will Canon Elph cameras charge when connected to the computer?
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ELPHS do not charge through the USB. You need to recharge in the wall-mount charger. For ELPHS, it's easiest to always buy the spare battery. Then, one's always charged while the other shoots.
They're smart. This way people lose the wall mount charge (ehm, me) and are forced to buy a new one which cannon probably makes an 800% profit on.