Moose wrote: "Shorter battery is mostly the price for superior IBIS."
This may indeed be true. Having got close to 700 shots from one Oly battery at
the air show recently (otherwise 300-400 seems the norm for my Oly batteries),
however, suggests that other factors are involved. The only significant
difference was that I was only using a MF lens; IBIS, screen and EVF were all
on, and I don't think I ever switched the camera off. This leads me to think
that the AF consumes a significant amount of battery power.
Martin
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From: Moose [mailto:olymoose@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 10:07 PM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] Another battery data point for the E-M5
On 9/22/2013 10:10 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
> Chuck wrote:
>> I shot my grandson's soccer game today which proved to be taxing on
>> the E-M5's battery. ...
> Solution - use an E-3 !! You'll get HOURS of battery life!!
Let's see: Bigger, heavier camera with more limited DR, poorer IQ, esp. above
base ISO and less effective IS, vs.
carrying a 1.8 oz. battery or two in a pocket ... I'll stick with the E-M5.
(And neither Chuck nor I have any lenses to fit an E-3.)
The Pens, including the ones with the E-M5 sensor system, also have very long
battery life. I shoot the E-PM2 alongside the E-M5. Some days it has quite a
few more shots than the E-M5, and I have yet to need a second battery for it.
Shorter battery is mostly the price for superior IBIS.
I think the on/off switches make a difference, too. The more serious, pro
looking, switch on the lower right of the E-M5 body is not particularly
convenient for rapid use and the E-M5 has no 'on' light. I have it set so there
is nothing on the LCD in normal use, so there is no indication whether it is on
or off until I raise it to my eye and half press. If it has turned off, I need
to reach down and turn the switch off then on. I think I'm going back to never
turn off. I'd rather change batteries more frequently when I forget to turn it
off for a few hours than have the hassle and lost shots.
The E-PM2 has a simple button on top with a light beside it. I am happy to use
it with a much shorter shut off when idle setting, as I can see as I pick it up
whether it is on, turn it on, if necessary, as I raise it, and my finger is
then right next to the release.
Don't Be Silly Moose
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