chris_tribble Posted April 2, 2021 Share #1 Posted April 2, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) This may seem a bit obvious, but after having followed a general principle of having a 2 minute auto power off, and being left with 50% power after a day's walking and maybe 60 images, I decided to switch to a 10 second auto power off, and I'm finding I still have a full bar indicated after the same kind of use. If you've been unhappy with battery-life, I'd recommend playing with the power-off settings and seeing what improvements you can make. For information, I'm not experiencing significant start up delays either. Just touch the shutter button and everything's good to go pretty well immediately. 11 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ravinj Posted April 2, 2021 Share #2 Posted April 2, 2021 I also find that using EVF extended mode helps with battery life. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted April 2, 2021 Yes! This was my first l learning point. It also stopped the focus point getting moved when the touch screen moves over clothing when the camera was across my body! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slender Posted April 2, 2021 Share #4 Posted April 2, 2021 Pre-Focus Off and Image Stab Off could also help if you have strolls in the bright sun where you don't need either. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted April 2, 2021 What’s “image stab”? 🙃 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravinj Posted April 2, 2021 Share #6 Posted April 2, 2021 IBIS Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share #7 Posted April 2, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) Ah! Understood. However, turning that off would, for me, be a step too far. With the 24-90 it makes such a difference when framing distant objects, and it would be plain stupid with the 90-280. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravinj Posted April 2, 2021 Share #8 Posted April 2, 2021 Agree. I leave it on all the time. Works better that way for me, eps with heavy/large lenses, no matter how fast the shutter speed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slender Posted April 3, 2021 Share #9 Posted April 3, 2021 (edited) Yes yes, I do leave it on of course.... But I assume if you do a seaside walk on a bright summer day and everything is in the 1000/s range at f.8 I can only assume the SL2+24-90 is heavy enough and platform to handle this w/o IBIS+OIS... that can only extend your battery game. You can make a camera profile named ECO for those occasions I would say. Edited April 3, 2021 by Slender 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted April 7, 2021 Share #10 Posted April 7, 2021 Using my Lumix S1R seems to prolong battery life of the SL2 quite considerably. I've given up using it for most of my landscape work because of poor battery life. It's been relegated to an occasional walk about camera when I've nothing in particular planned. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photoworks Posted April 7, 2021 Share #11 Posted April 7, 2021 where is the issue? I need more chargers 😔 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/319518-improving-sl2-battery-life/?do=findComment&comment=4176304'>More sharing options...
Slender Posted April 7, 2021 Share #12 Posted April 7, 2021 So that's what 2500usb of chinese assembled lithium looks like. I am happy with 3 and a USB power bank but never had to use it all up in a day so far... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share #13 Posted April 7, 2021 5 hours ago, thighslapper said: Using my Lumix S1R seems to prolong battery life of the SL2 quite considerably. I've given up using it for most of my landscape work because of poor battery life. It's been relegated to an occasional walk about camera when I've nothing in particular planned. Gosh! This is absolutely not my experience. Because of the lock down in the arts I’ve not been able to do a day’s production or concert shot, so can’t speak for battery life here. However, for a full day’s walk with the 24-90 on the SL2 I’ve never been below 50% on the one battery. I’m not a rapid fire shooter but for 20 images like those in the link below I’d probably make between 80 or 100 photos over a three or four hour period and battery life wouldn’t be an issue: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ctribble/shares/522bAs is the Panasonic that much better? I’m amazed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photoworks Posted April 8, 2021 Share #14 Posted April 8, 2021 9 hours ago, Slender said: So that's what 2500usb of chinese assembled lithium looks like. I am happy with 3 and a USB power bank but never had to use it all up in a day so far... I got the over time in Germany when I was visiting.. they are EUR125 there. Still crazy money, but I have 2 cameras. The USB battery is probably the best investment for price and usability. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share #15 Posted April 17, 2021 (edited) Just a follow up. Having cut the auto-off time to 10 seconds, rather than always having to charge a battery after the end of a day's walk, I now find it takes a couple of outings before I even need to think of doing this. I was out for yesterday and today with the 24-90 and 90-280 and took a lot of shots, of which there was a reasonable number of keepers... https://www.flickr.com/photos/ctribble/shares/u4828R ... including a beautiful tangle of knots (https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/knot/😞 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ... and the battery is still at 80%. This is a huge improvement over the earlier performance with 2 minutes time-out. I feel a great deal more confident about the SL2's battery life! Edited April 17, 2021 by chris_tribble 5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ... and the battery is still at 80%. This is a huge improvement over the earlier performance with 2 minutes time-out. I feel a great deal more confident about the SL2's battery life! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/319518-improving-sl2-battery-life/?do=findComment&comment=4183272'>More sharing options...
Slender Posted April 17, 2021 Share #16 Posted April 17, 2021 I am in the midst of trying the 10s setting but it is a bit short sometime the camera goes to sleep as I pull it up my eye... I wish there was something more in between like 30s... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share #17 Posted April 17, 2021 I’ve found all the time I’m actively engaged with framing, focusing, metering the camera remains active. I’ve only had a couple of occasions when I’ve had it cut out. My feeling is that if I’m doing street or landscape then 10 seconds works well if I’m doing a client shoot I’ll revert to 2 minutes (and make sure I’ve got that extra battery with me! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppyman Posted April 17, 2021 Share #18 Posted April 17, 2021 (edited) Different scenarios fwiw.... I am shooting in studio ( fashion etc) and usually shoot rapid series and perhaps 1000-1200 exposures over four hours. I use the screen over the eyepiece exclusively ( tripod mounted and no image stab) . Image review with the model maybe every 100 exposures. I am changing to the second battery about when the first 64GB card is getting full ( at 600-700 exposures). I haven’t actually run a battery flat, maybe I should test that EDIT UPDATE: Yesterday I had a new shoot in similar vein. I ended up making 1500 exposures over about 3 hours actual shooting time.. First fully charged battery got to about 10% remaining and 1000+ frames before I elected to change it and the 2x 64GB cards at a convenient break. I had turned off prefocus early in my ownership of the camera and very seldom use image stab ( normally on a tripod) I seldom see power saving engage due to the rapid series and number of frames in the way I am using it. AFS normally, screen only, periodic rapid scroll preview maybe 50 to a 100 frames at a time Edited April 19, 2021 by hoppyman Extra information 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickness Posted April 17, 2021 Share #19 Posted April 17, 2021 Use M lenses on that SL and your battery life will shoot way up! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share #20 Posted April 18, 2021 But your hit rate will drop dramatically 😎 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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