On 2/3/2013 8:08 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> The other day I complained about getting only 90-100 shots on a freshly
> charged Oly battery on my E-M5. Today I was using a clone battery which
> advertised 17% less capacity but delivered only 70 shots. This is
> getting worrying. Do I need to carry 3 or 4 spares for a day's worth of
> shooting?
I'd guess I'm getting 150-200 shots on the Oly battery. I really have no idea
how long the clones last. I bought them
before any heavy use. On any day I might be shooting a lot, I carry two, and
I've never needed the third battery.
I guess I'm not very good at keeping track. I recharge any battery that's been
used at the end of the day, and just pack
em along. I'll try to note when I change batteries next time.
They don't report their charge state correctly to the camera, or so I'm told,
so I assume one might die without warning.
That also means I've not seem a battery warning with one. They claim 1300 mAh.
> I also learned that I must not set the battery level warning down to as
> low as -2. I did it because I thought the battery warning was appearing
> far to early. But, at -2 (lowest level), I didn't get any warning that
> I saw. Perhaps a few minutes when I wasn't using the camera it was
> flashing some sort of warning but it couldn't have been much longer than
> that.
Mine is a the default, whatever that may be.
> Yesterday, after installing the fresh clone battery I took 20 shots over
> a period of about 1 hour with the camera frequently powered off between
> groups of shots. Today I added another 50 shots over another period of
> about 1 hour but with the camera left on most of the time. Battery
> stone dead.
I mostly remember to turn it off when I'm sure I won't be using it for a while.
> Maybe I need to leave that big LCD disabled all the time and only use
> the EVF. Is that possible?
How do you have the LCD/viewfinder set and carry the camera? I have it set to
switch automatically. I carry the camera
on a strap around my neck. So when I let it down against my body, the LCD turns
off.
Any time I take it off, other than on a tripod, or such, I turn the camera off.
I have LCD set to turn off after 8 secs. and the camera to sleep after 3 mins.
I don't have Auto Power Off active.
I have LCD brightness set to the default. I've never changed it. I guess either
it's bright enough for me or I use the
EVF when it's bright out. Yet another thing I've hardly thought about, and not
adjusted. I think it's mostly off, as I
mostly shoot using the EVF, if I'm not using the tripod, working at an odd
angle, etc.
If you have IS set to turn on with half press of the shutter, and spend a lot
of time with it half pressed, that would
eat up a lot of juice.
Do you have Full Time AF on?
Sort of a sloppy laundry list of things I can think of that might use up the
battery too fast, and the settings I'm using.
The battery just doesn't last like those on the 5D or 60D. But I expected that
as part of the price for small size and
weight camera, and thus, battery, EVF, full time live view and fancy in-body IS.
As yet, it's not been a problem for me.
Power Up Moose
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