Does this lens have the battery drain problem when attached to the body?
Aug 15, 2014 15:17 | #1 Does this lens have the battery drain problem when attached to the body? _______________
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Aug 15, 2014 15:22 | #2 Nope. Great lens. ~Steve~
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Aug 15, 2014 18:47 | #3 I'm asking because I put m 60d away about 3 months ago with the lens on. Camera switched off. Camera didn't power up, but it did so with my second battery. The only thing I'm not sure of is how drained the battery was when I put it away. _______________
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BrickR Cream of the Crop 5,935 posts Likes: 115 Joined Mar 2011 Location: Dallas TX More info | Aug 15, 2014 19:44 | #4 Even if a camera is powered off, it isn't really 100% off. Besides that, only issues I've seen of battery drain have been with lenses that have VC. My junk
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groundloop Senior Member 995 posts Likes: 45 Joined Jun 2012 More info | Aug 15, 2014 20:43 | #5 I used to have that same lens, no issues for me. The camera could sit for quite a while in the camera bag with the lens attached and the battery was fine when I turned the camera on.
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Aug 15, 2014 20:45 | #6 If you're really worried about it, just flick the SD card door open when you put the camera away. My old 550D/T2i used to mysteriously drain the battery when stored for a week or so, but opening the card door solves this
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dpds68 Goldmember  1,464 posts Likes: 2 Joined May 2008 Location: Trinidad and Tobago W.I. More info | Aug 15, 2014 23:30 | #7 My 7D is stored with my Tammy 17-50mm 2.8 attached and some times not used in Months and no Issues with battery drain at all . Gripped Canon 7D,20D,XT / Tamron 17-50mm 2.8, Canon 85mm f1.8 , 70-200 2.8L,EF50mm1.8 II,Sigma 150-500mm OS, Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro, Sigma 10-20mm 4-5.6
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