Most # of pics have you gotten from a BP-511A?

Discussion in 'Digital Cameras & Equipment' started by Roger, Mar 3, 2007.

  1. Roger

    Roger Member Staff Member

    Doesn't matter which camera, since Canon uses this in several.

    Just wondering before I post mine.
     
  2. Honestly don't know because I've never needed to change battery regardless the number of shots, with or without flash for a full-day session (I use the battery grip with two batteries). Furthermore, at the end of each day, I recharge all of my batteries.

    The most shots taken for each day is about 1,200 with IS always on, LCD review "on" and constant chimping.
     
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  3. Dan

    Dan Member

    I'll have to second Kelly's response. Except I can't be that dramatic.. I've never run out of power from a good battery (my original D-reb battery failed after around two years, to the point where it would struggle to take maybe 100 shots), but I can't say I've ever used as much power as Kelly's description. I have no IS lenses, I don't use the review function, and I rarely use the color LCD at all.

    I looked through my archives, and in general the most I've found for a day is around 500 shots. So I haven't come close. I know a single battery is supposed to be good for a thousand or more, although I don't know whether that was with or without LCD review and such.
     
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  4. Roger

    Roger Member Staff Member

    Okay, so I wasn't too wierd....

    I think I got about 1900 out of mine before I had to change it. IS on, 2 sec LCD review, not much chimping, almost no flash.

    A long cry from the D30. Sheesh. I remember when the batteries had gone past their useful life. Think I got 12 shots from a full battery. At Legoland.
     
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  5. WillCAD

    WillCAD Member

    I usually don't have LCD review turned on, but I do review my pics periodically.

    I never ran the battery out until one day at MouseFest when I increased the sleep mode time from 4 minutes to 8 minutes; after that, the battery ran out after only 90 pics! Needless to say, I decreased that sleep mode time as soon as I got a fresh battery into the camera.
     
  6. Tim

    Tim Administrator Staff Member

    i usually get a full day's worth on one battery... 200-300 shots maybe? i have too so i really dont pay too much attention to the shot count, but i ALWAYS put in a new battery when i tripod-up at night (fireworks, illuminations, etc...)
     
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  7. idarknight

    idarknight Member

    I know I've gotten as many as 900 with a fair amount of review, flash and IS at home, but in warmer climes, I've gotten about 1200 (Mexico) in the past. If I have no other reason to be gaga over the move to SLR this past year, it's that, before I maybe got 250 from my old Sony P&S.
     

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