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D500 Battery Drain with 3rd Party Lenses
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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 561478" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>The reason I know it's an issue is that I've experienced completely normal behavior otherwise. With a Nikon lens, or any other Sigma lens for that matter, it behaves normally and does not drain the battery any more than expected (which is more than any other body, which is confusing people on other sites as I attempt to document if others are experiencing this). I'm well aware of the known issues with the D500 and batteries and this is not that.</p><p></p><p>Stated plainly, there is something about my D500 and how it acts that will prevent any power off timers from being reset. In other words, things that should power down do not. When that happens, the battery drains quickly. The battery drain is not a symptom, it is the result of the disease.</p><p></p><p>This has presented itself in 3 ways. </p><p></p><p>1. Most frequently it presents itself as an Image Review that will never time out. Until another button is pressed the reviewed image stays on the screen. It doesn't freeze - I can zoom in and out, move around and chimp all I want - but if I just put the camera down instead of hitting the shutter button or something else to turn the image off it will stay on until the battery goes dead.</p><p> </p><p>2. The Menu will not time out. If I go into the menu to check or change something and do not press the Menu button (or any other button) to turn it off the menu will stay on until the battery goes dead. I actually have a 10 minute video of this I shot this morning of the Battery screen as we watch it tick from 95% down to 88% as I verbally explain my problem to Nikon (I'll be uploading this for them later today).</p><p></p><p>3. No visible symptom at all, but the battery just drains. This happened last night. It may have simply been the meter remaining active all night long (when this happens <strong><em>all</em></strong> functions that operate when you'd be actively using the camera will also be on), but when I was done using the camera last night it had more than 3/4 of battery life left.</p><p></p><p>My assumption is it's limited to 3rd party lenses/attachments, with some relationship to OS/VR since it is only when a lens with that function turned on is attached that this happens. What I need to get to the bottom of is why am I the only person this is happening to? I've got threads like this going on 4 forums including this one and no one has had this happen even once. It happens to me every time I use the camera under these circumstances - just not <strong><em>all</em></strong> the time I'm using it. My biggest problem is being unable predictively show it happen. It's random. Frequent, but random. And never when I try to make it happen.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to shoot video of me shooting birds in hope that I can document it in real time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 561478, member: 9240"] The reason I know it's an issue is that I've experienced completely normal behavior otherwise. With a Nikon lens, or any other Sigma lens for that matter, it behaves normally and does not drain the battery any more than expected (which is more than any other body, which is confusing people on other sites as I attempt to document if others are experiencing this). I'm well aware of the known issues with the D500 and batteries and this is not that. Stated plainly, there is something about my D500 and how it acts that will prevent any power off timers from being reset. In other words, things that should power down do not. When that happens, the battery drains quickly. The battery drain is not a symptom, it is the result of the disease. This has presented itself in 3 ways. 1. Most frequently it presents itself as an Image Review that will never time out. Until another button is pressed the reviewed image stays on the screen. It doesn't freeze - I can zoom in and out, move around and chimp all I want - but if I just put the camera down instead of hitting the shutter button or something else to turn the image off it will stay on until the battery goes dead. 2. The Menu will not time out. If I go into the menu to check or change something and do not press the Menu button (or any other button) to turn it off the menu will stay on until the battery goes dead. I actually have a 10 minute video of this I shot this morning of the Battery screen as we watch it tick from 95% down to 88% as I verbally explain my problem to Nikon (I'll be uploading this for them later today). 3. No visible symptom at all, but the battery just drains. This happened last night. It may have simply been the meter remaining active all night long (when this happens [B][I]all[/I][/B] functions that operate when you'd be actively using the camera will also be on), but when I was done using the camera last night it had more than 3/4 of battery life left. My assumption is it's limited to 3rd party lenses/attachments, with some relationship to OS/VR since it is only when a lens with that function turned on is attached that this happens. What I need to get to the bottom of is why am I the only person this is happening to? I've got threads like this going on 4 forums including this one and no one has had this happen even once. It happens to me every time I use the camera under these circumstances - just not [B][I]all[/I][/B] the time I'm using it. My biggest problem is being unable predictively show it happen. It's random. Frequent, but random. And never when I try to make it happen. I'm going to shoot video of me shooting birds in hope that I can document it in real time. [/QUOTE]
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