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Comment by ChrisA posted on K-5 battery life at 23/10/2011 - 14:04
johnriley wrote:
it can be very difficult to judge as it depends so much on how much focusing we do, how much reviewing, how much messing in menus....
Yes, indeed. I did a lot of all of those for the first charge, and got just over 150 out of it. Then much less of the messing with the subsequent two charges - no more than I would do with the K10D.it can be very difficult to judge as it depends so much on how much focusing we do, how much reviewing, how much messing in menus....
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Having said that in a week's holiday shooting maybe 200-300 images per day only one battery change was required. The second battery was still going strong at the end of the week. That doesn't seem too shabby.
Yes, that would be more what I'd expect.Having said that in a week's holiday shooting maybe 200-300 images per day only one battery change was required. The second battery was still going strong at the end of the week. That doesn't seem too shabby.
Wouldn't you have been concerned if you'd had to change it every other day?
Comment by ChrisA posted on K-5 battery life at 23/10/2011 - 13:54
vrapan wrote:
1 more question do you have it to do any lens correction on the photos you take?
Good thought - but no. Both off.1 more question do you have it to do any lens correction on the photos you take?
Comment by ChrisA posted on K-5 battery life at 23/10/2011 - 13:34
ChrisR wrote:
I cant give any image count or run time, as I have not kept a check
In case it helps, you don't need to keep a check - just use PhotoMe to check the shutter count for one of your recent images.I cant give any image count or run time, as I have not kept a check
Comment by ChrisA posted on K-5 battery life at 23/10/2011 - 10:12
One other thing I've noticed is that when the battery is close to empty, the level indicator on the LCD indicates 1 bar for quite some time - 50+ exposures on the last charge.
This is different from K10D battery behaviour, where it would indicate full forever, and then when it displayed as almost empty, I had about two shots left.
I'm not complaining - much better to get a bit of warning.
Just trying to establish whether this is normal. Have others noticed this difference?
This is different from K10D battery behaviour, where it would indicate full forever, and then when it displayed as almost empty, I had about two shots left.
I'm not complaining - much better to get a bit of warning.
Just trying to establish whether this is normal. Have others noticed this difference?
Comment by ChrisA posted on K-5 battery life at 23/10/2011 - 09:25
Mannesty wrote:
I would suggest that the first thing to do is reset everything to factory defaults, and start from there.
I would suggest that the first thing to do is reset everything to factory defaults, and start from there.
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Alternatively, go through each of the menus and make sure nothing is turned on for longer than it needs. Metering time for instance.
Ok, let's see...Alternatively, go through each of the menus and make sure nothing is turned on for longer than it needs. Metering time for instance.
Instant review: 3s (default = 1s)
All beeps: Off
Guide display: 3s (=default)
Status screen: Off
LCD brightness: -3 (default 0)
Auto power off: 3 mins (default 1 min)
Meter operating time: 10s (=default)
SR: On (=default)
I've highlighted the ones that are more than default.
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With Gwyn's comment in mind I've reset the instant review to 1s (the default), and returned the auto power off to 1min. I'll see what the next charge is like. Fortunately I've only just replaced the battery since the last charge died, so it'll be a fair test.
Does it seem likely that those settings would make so much difference that the battery life is more than halved??
Comment by ChrisA posted on K-5 battery life at 23/10/2011 - 09:19
vrapan wrote:
Ouch that is very low... I got something like 450 on the first charge but has been creeping upwards since. Nothing like the D7k... I got 1400 pics on the first charge....
I only got 150 on the first charge. From what everyone seems to be saying, this is *much* lower than what it should be.Ouch that is very low... I got something like 450 on the first charge but has been creeping upwards since. Nothing like the D7k... I got 1400 pics on the first charge....
What could I be doing that drains the battery? I've got the LCD set to -3, btw.
Comment by ChrisA posted on K-5 battery life at 23/10/2011 - 08:38
vrapan wrote:
Yes haven't managed to get more than 800 pics with the battery either. Might be the SR that eats a lot of battery!
I certainly wouldn't complain if I'd got 800 shots off a charge.Yes haven't managed to get more than 800 pics with the battery either. Might be the SR that eats a lot of battery!
To clarify, that's 950 shots total, in three charges.
Not much more than 300 per charge.
Comment by ChrisA posted on K-5 battery life at 23/10/2011 - 00:00
DaveN wrote:
But why only noticeable in live view
Also you tend to move the camera about more in LV, while you're composing etc. So the sensor is probably moving more than when you're exposing a still.But why only noticeable in live view
I noticed this yesterday with video too. Rather annoyingly, the SR rattle is picked up very noticeably by the onboard mic.
Comment by ChrisA posted on K5 rattle in live view at 22/10/2011 - 23:58
Just resurrecting this thread rather than start a new one.
Two years later, almost, is anyone using one of these things? Would be interested to hear of any experiences.
Two years later, almost, is anyone using one of these things? Would be interested to hear of any experiences.
Comment by ChrisA posted on Eye-fi (SD) Cards at 22/10/2011 - 21:26
Live view and video eat battery, and have a high power draw which makes the camera run out of juice much earlier than would otherwise be the case
(whenever the batteries are depleted during live view, I can normally turn the camera back on again and the battery indicator is back up to halfway, allowing me to take loads more shots - as long as I don't use liveview!)
However, third party batteries are so cheap I would recommend buying a clutch of them from 7dayshop and keep spares at all times.
If there's an underlying problem, I want to identify it as soon as possible. Equally (and more likely!), if there's something dumb I'm doing, I'll be happy to correct it.