Q3 battery life update.

[MikeD70]

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Shot a charity car show yesterday, battery had been in the camera for a week or so.  Forgot to bring a spare, so I figured I'd be finishing up with my iPhone.  Finished the show awards, and went home.  800 shots for the day, shooting raw and fine .jpg with about a third of the battery still showing.  No way to tell how many shots I could have pulled out of that battery, but it served me well for the day.  It was my oldest battery to boot.

[Cogito]

46 minutes ago, MikeD70 said:

Shot a charity car show yesterday, battery had been in the camera for a week or so.  Forgot to bring a spare, so I figured I'd be finishing up with my iPhone.  Finished the show awards, and went home.  800 shots for the day, shooting raw and fine .jpg with about a third of the battery still showing.  No way to tell how many shots I could have pulled out of that battery, but it served me well for the day.  It was my oldest battery to boot.

Mike, 

Good to hear, are you using many battery saving settings on the camera like 60fps EVF, no geotagging (link to smartphone,) no IOS, etc.?

-Craig

[MikeD70]

Yes, with Bluetooth off.  I only enable the "extras" as needed.  I always get good numbers, but yesterday was kind of over the top.  If I had paid attention to the shot numbers, I would have kept shooting till it died, just to find the limit.