Bullets Ie
Senior Member
TLDR version. I only get 70-80 shots per battery charge and the camera drains the battery when off.
Long version below:
Hi Folks, about 9 months ago with the birth of my first child I decided I wanted a DSLR so had a great excuse for the wife for my spending the hard earned cash but my budget only allowed me to purchase a D5200 which I'm very happy with so far apart from it eating the batteries.
I've the battery that came with the camera and a spare both appear to be genuine Nikon EN-EL14 1030mAh after watching multiple articles and videos on the web on how to spot fakes.
But they both seem to be only lasting about 70-80 shots before the camera reports low battery and switches off.
Since I bought the camera:
my shutter count is only 1406 so not a lot for a 9 month old camera.
firmware is C:1.00 L1.006 (never updated)
I shoot in single shot mode, jpeg only L with fine setting, VR turned on, non live view and have a SB-700 flash when needed.
I tend to take a few shots, put the camera away for a few days and come back and take a few more shots. When I put the camera away the battery is IN and the camera is OFF fully.
I've noticed If I leave the battery in the camera after a week or two of no use sitting in the camera the battery appears to have been significantly drained.
I made note of when I fully charged the last battery which was Nov 9th 2013 reading the voltage on a multi-meter is was reading 8.3V fully charged. From the 9th Nov to the 19th Nov I only took about 70-80 shots and the battery appeared to be fully drained so much so the camera would not turn on. Measuring on the multi meter it could not get a reading at all, but the battery still charged taking 1hour 40 mins to charge with the standard Nikon Charger.
Has anyone else had this issue ? from what I've read I should be getting a heck of a lot more shots per battery charge!! Wondering if its the Camera or the Battery (or batteries considering I've more than just the one) ?
I'm aware there's a firmware update to improve battery performance but am half afraid to update as people have reported that 3rd party battery's no longer work (which I've not bought yet but would like to at some point in time)
Long version below:
Hi Folks, about 9 months ago with the birth of my first child I decided I wanted a DSLR so had a great excuse for the wife for my spending the hard earned cash but my budget only allowed me to purchase a D5200 which I'm very happy with so far apart from it eating the batteries.
I've the battery that came with the camera and a spare both appear to be genuine Nikon EN-EL14 1030mAh after watching multiple articles and videos on the web on how to spot fakes.
But they both seem to be only lasting about 70-80 shots before the camera reports low battery and switches off.
Since I bought the camera:
my shutter count is only 1406 so not a lot for a 9 month old camera.
firmware is C:1.00 L1.006 (never updated)
I shoot in single shot mode, jpeg only L with fine setting, VR turned on, non live view and have a SB-700 flash when needed.
I tend to take a few shots, put the camera away for a few days and come back and take a few more shots. When I put the camera away the battery is IN and the camera is OFF fully.
I've noticed If I leave the battery in the camera after a week or two of no use sitting in the camera the battery appears to have been significantly drained.
I made note of when I fully charged the last battery which was Nov 9th 2013 reading the voltage on a multi-meter is was reading 8.3V fully charged. From the 9th Nov to the 19th Nov I only took about 70-80 shots and the battery appeared to be fully drained so much so the camera would not turn on. Measuring on the multi meter it could not get a reading at all, but the battery still charged taking 1hour 40 mins to charge with the standard Nikon Charger.
Has anyone else had this issue ? from what I've read I should be getting a heck of a lot more shots per battery charge!! Wondering if its the Camera or the Battery (or batteries considering I've more than just the one) ?
I'm aware there's a firmware update to improve battery performance but am half afraid to update as people have reported that 3rd party battery's no longer work (which I've not bought yet but would like to at some point in time)
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