D7200 Battery life

kotsosgr

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[FONT=&quot] i have a brand new D7200 whitch gives me only 350-400 max shots per charge!
I must point that i don't use live view, minimal LCD use and no WIFi. I shoot RAW and i tried[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]multiple lenses but the number of shots remain the same.[/FONT]
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I had it sent to the official service center whitch found no problem with the camera![/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]I shoot events (1000+ shots per event) and i need at least 3 full batteries every time![/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]I find it very odd that Nikon's specs say ~1100 shot per charge and i get roughly 1/3 of that.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]I want to ask other user of this model what is their experience as far as battery life is concerned.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Thank you![/FONT]
 

hark

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Hello,


i have a brand new D7200 whitch gives me only 350-400 max shots per charge!
I must point that i don't use live view, minimal LCD use and no WIFi. I shoot RAW and i tried

multiple lenses but the number of shots remain the same.

I had it sent to the official service center whitch found no problem with the camera!

I shoot events (1000+ shots per event) and i need at least 3 full batteries every time!


I find it very odd that Nikon's specs say ~1100 shot per charge and i get roughly 1/3 of that.
I want to ask other user of this model what is their experience as far as battery life is concerned.


Thank you!

My battery is in the charger right now. Initially I gave it a full charge when new and got 407 shots with 38% power remaining. So this is my 2nd time charging the battery. My WIFI is off, but I did use the menu several times as I set up BBF incorrectly the first time and had to go back through the entire process again (saved it to U1 and U2). I haven't used Live View.

Just last night I searched for battery info here and came across this thread.

https://nikonites.com/d7200/32411-battery-life-d7200.html?highlight=battery#axzz5KwSL9hwJ

Then on the flip side is this thread with very long battery life for the D7200 so I don't know what to tell you. There seem to be extremes when it comes to the number of shots on one charge.

https://nikonites.com/d7200/38856-battery-usage.html?highlight=battery#axzz5KwSL9hwJ
 

Woodyg3

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I always get well over 1000 shots per charge using Nikon batteries. I have had issues with third party batteries. I know that doesn't help you figure out your issue, but it affirms that you should be getting better battery life.
 

kotsosgr

New member
It's has been 2 days since i got the camera back from the service (they assured me there is no battery drain..) so i didn't have much time to do some more testing with some more lenses.
I mostly use the Sigma 17-50 f2.8. In Hark's link one user suggests that this lens is responsible for the drain. I use this lens for 2 years in a D5300 without any battery issues (it does ~500 raw frames there with the original battery).
I will reply when i have some more news.
Thank you Hark and Woodyg3 for your replies.
 

Bikerbrent

Senior Member
Welcome aboard. Enjoy the ride.
We look forward to seeing more posts and samples of your work.

Sorry about you battery issues. I don't have anything else to suggest that has not already been sugested.
 

nickt

Senior Member
I have the Sigma 17-50 lens. It and some other Sigma lenses keep the lens OS and the camera meter active for about a minute after each use. Even if you turn the lens OS off, this still happens. If you have image review on, that will stay on longer too.
I've not thought of this lens as a battery killer, but in the course of a longer shooting event, those extra minutes add up.
You are not using the infrared remote are you? The remote standby mode drains the battery pretty fast.
 

Danno

Senior Member
With my D7200 I found I had to cycle the batteries several times to get the batteries to reach the 1000 -1200 shot range. The first several times I charged them they lasted only about 300-400 shots and I was pretty shaken but having some experience with batteries I felt they kept running them down and recharging them and within a short time I had the projected life.

The same thing happened when I tried some aftermarket batteries a year or two later. You could be experiencing something different, but it sounds like what I went through.
 

Kevin H

Senior Member
With my D7200 I found I had to cycle the batteries several times to get the batteries to reach the 1000 -1200 shot range. The first several times I charged them they lasted only about 300-400 shots and I was pretty shaken but having some experience with batteries I felt they kept running them down and recharging them and within a short time I had the projected life.

The same thing happened when I tried some aftermarket batteries a year or two later. You could be experiencing something different, but it sounds like what I went through.

Same here Dan my older batteries from the D7100 lasted easily 1000 plus put in the new battery that came with the D7200 and maybe 400 max till it cycled threw a few times
 

Danno

Senior Member
Same here Dan my older batteries from the D7100 lasted easily 1000 plus put in the new battery that came with the D7200 and maybe 400 max till it cycled threw a few times

It is strange to me how that worked and it concerned me at first Kevin. At first, I thought it was all the time I was spent fiddling with the settings, but when it cleared up I was glad.
 

kotsosgr

New member
After having used the camera for some time now i have
a better picture of what's going on with the battery life.


If i use the camera for occasional shooting, eg i am on vacation
and i take 1 shot every 2-5 minutes aproximately, in this manner after a few hours
the battery dies with about 350-400 shots.
If on the other hand i shoot at an event whitch requires lots of shots in a short period of time, after a
couple of hours i will get the promised 1000 shots before the battery depletes.


So i figure it's a matter of how you use the camera...


Thanks you all for your responses!
 
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