The EZO battery I'm using
<http://www.amazon.com/EZOPower-Olympus-Full-Decoded-Rechargeable-E-M5/dp/B00A743A06/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359991687&sr=8-1&keywords=ezo+olympus>
certainly charges properly in the Oly charger and is stated to also show
charge level in the camera. I can't verify that part yet since I never
looked at the battery level before it died and I apparently had the
charge warning level set too low to cause early complaints. I'll have
to set it back to the 0 (default) level. Then I'll have to make a note
of how many shots I've taken before the warning comes on.
The EZO is rated at 17% less than the Oly. In fact, I got about 30%
less but I don't think that's dishonesty on the part of EZO. I think
it's a difference in how I was using the camera. The first 100 shots
were made with the Oly battery and were taken over several days in short
bursts of activity with the camera being turned off frequently in
between. When making the 70 shots with the EZO before it died the first
20 were done similar to the first 100. But the next 50 were made over a
period of about 1 hour or an average of almost 1/minute. The camera was
off for some short periods but was mostly on during that hour.
I carry the camera the same as you. On a strap around my neck with the
camera against me. Since I also have the LCD/EVF on auto the LCD should
be off most of the time. But perhaps when I'm wandering around looking
for shots I tend to carry it in my hand more than I realize. I'll have
to reset the display to EVF only (except when LCD required) and see if
that makes a big difference.
I'm gradually getting more familiar with the camera but still find
certain things problematic. I'm a left-eyed shooter and am usually
either shooting in aperture preferred or manual modes. I find the front
control dial easy to use but the rear control dial is hard to reach with
the bridge of my nose in the way. I also misjudge where it is and tend
not to reach far enough. I have the focus set on the fn2 button (rather
than fn1 where I wanted it) and early on had problems pressing the
shutter release rather than fn2. But yesterday I was finding fn2 fairly
well and never took an unintended shot. :-)
I've been hoping that perhaps the first charge of a battery might not
fully top it off and that charge levels will increase. However that's
likely wishful thinking. I may have to order some more of these EZOs.
Chuck Norcutt
On 2/4/2013 1:12 AM, Moose wrote:
> 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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