How many Fuji NP-W126 batteries (or 3rd party) do you own?

I've adopted two 16mpx Fuji bodies as my casual events fun camera system. Without a doubt I'll be adding an X-T2 down the road.

Just last weekend I went to the Seattle Woodland park zoo. I used my Canon 5dmk2 with 16-35 f/4IS and 70-200 and Fuji X-T10 with 18-55 kit, 16mm f/1.4. This combo was absolutely versatile and incredible.

I burned through 1 Fuji OE battery and 3 3rd party batteries. #4 battery still had acceptable charge left at the end of the day when I left the zoo.

Just cant get over how many times I needed to swap out batteries. My Canon I had the same battery in all day.

Are most folks buying OE batteries? I've been using upstart batteries and they seem to be working acceptably well for an inexpensive 3rd party.

I thought the comments about poor battery life on a Fuji was just whining at first. I go all day with my XT-1 and never have any problems with usually only 1/2 to 2/3 used at the end of the day and that involves a hundred images or so. Then I participated in a workshop that included flash. I knew there was a reason I needed to carry spares. Now I know why the short battery life complaints. I did go through two batteries that day and rather quickly.

Because of the comments I had heard about I do have a total of four batteries, but usually only carry one spare that generally I don't need as I don't use flash hardly at all.

I only have three (1 Fuji + 2 wasabi), but I'm doing hardly any paid work this year. I'll soon pick up some more. To conserve, I don't do any high fps shooting, I disable the LCD, and I keep the camera powered down until I anticipate a shot. For personal use that can get me days on a single battery, but for something like a portrait shoot or doing a business interior I've probably depleted 1.5 to 2 batteries.

What I don't like about the Wasabi compared to the Fuji is how abruptly they die after that first bar on the battery indicator disappears. As soon as I lose a single bar, the battery is dead to me as it were, so I throw it in the charger.

I'm not really complaining. I should disable the LCD. I'm seriously finding alot of joy shooting fuji.

The Upstart battery is sold at a local store so I picked up 5 of them and 1 Tama battery. So far it works. If I find them dying faster I'll just buy OE batteries down the road. For about 12 bucks Canadian 1 Upstart battery is very cheap

I have to say that the OEM batteries are the best, in my experience. I have three of them. I also bought Wasabi batteries and found them to be mostly junk as they don't last anyway near as long. I have a few Ex-Pro ones too and they are good enough, quite close to the OEM Fuji ones. Only problem I now have is getting them shipped as the Air fright company won't fly lithium batteries at the moment.

I power down he camera once I stop shooting and have trained myself to switch them on once my hand reaches for the camera. I run them in High performance mode with eye-detect but no previews. Find I get good amount of shots that way. I time changing my batteries so I usually have one in their that will last the upcoming part of a shoot - important at weddings.

It took a bit of getting use to as I was use to having two Canon batteries in the 5D3 giving me over 3000 shots, more thanI ever needed.

AlanU wrote in post #18084780
I'm not really complaining. I should disable the LCD. I'm seriously finding alot of joy shooting fuji.

The Upstart battery is sold at a local store so I picked up 5 of them and 1 Tama battery. So far it works. If I find them dying faster I'll just buy OE batteries down the road. For about 12 bucks Canadian 1 Upstart battery is very cheap

Most tests have shown that the EVF actually uses more battery than the LCD

What I do is switch the camera off after I've taken the shots I want for a particular screen, then switch it on for the next one. I rarely have to swap to my second battery and have yet to need the third.

With most Mirrorless cameras I travel with 4, but rarely use 2. Even when I'm vacation with the kids I'll take maybe 500 or so shots during the course of a day. I'll always power off when I'm not shooting for the next few minutes and rarely leave the camera on when not shooting.

12 in total.
I have 2 originals and 10 3rd party spares.

I used to have just an X-T1 with 1 original and the 3 ebay spares then I picked up an X-Pro2 with its 1 OEM then another 7 spare Patona batteries as they seem to be well regarded and I could not get the Wasabi brand.

My main reason I have so many is not because I go through the batteries so fast, worst I have done is 4 in one day through the X-T1, but rather I'm traveling Europe end of the month and want a supply of spare batts in case I go a day or two with out charging.

Aus.Morgo wrote in post #18088549
12 in total.
I have 2 originals and 10 3rd party spares.

I used to have just an X-T1 with 1 original and the 3 ebay spares then I picked up an X-Pro2 with its 1 OEM then another 7 spare Patona batteries as they seem to be well regarded and I could not get the Wasabi brand.

My main reason I have so many is not because I go through the batteries so fast, worst I have done is 4 in one day through the X-T1, but rather I'm traveling Europe end of the month and want a supply of spare batts in case I go a day or two with out charging.

As I started this thread I knew I'd be needing batteries for my Fuji. Now I have 6x 3rd party (1 Tama, 5 Upstart) and 2x OE batteries. I now have some comfort in having spares kicking around.

Shooting a wedding or event I feel quite safe having just using 2 canon bodies and 2 spare batteries. I wonder how the X-T2 battery life will be using the bolt on proprietary OE fuji battery grip??

Sunday evening I'll be shooting with two canon bodies and lug my X-T10 to a huge 50th Anniversary wedding celebration. I'm gonna push the envelope in my attempts in testing the usage of my fuji for my events photography. I doubt I'd be killing many fuji batteries that event since I'll be primarily using canon. I really need the AF speed of the X-T2 to comfortably shoot "my style" in events photography.

After using my Fuji kit for a bit one of the biggest things I enjoy about getting my Canon gear out is not worrying about batteries

Pop a charged battery in the 1D and I'm good for all day shooting.

I still remember how surprised I was the first time when the two batts in my X-T1 with the grip went flat so quickly (in comparison to my canons) at the time I needed a moment to realize I had flat batteries as my first though was there is something wrong with the camera, lol

Aus.Morgo wrote in post #18088719
After using my Fuji kit for a bit one of the biggest things I enjoy about getting my Canon gear out is not worrying about batteries

Pop a charged battery in the 1D and I'm good for all day shooting.

I still remember how surprised I was the first time when the two batts in my X-T1 with the grip went flat so quickly (in comparison to my canons) at the time I needed a moment to realize I had flat batteries as my first though was there is something wrong with the camera, lol

Yes indeed my 1dmk3 seemed to last forever!!

Reality struck me years ago when I bought a mirrorless olympus OMD E-m5 micro 4/3 camera. Battery died so fast I thought I had to return the battery thinking it was defective. I bought a M43 GH3 and it has a similar sized battery as a xxd/5d series and that lasted an entire day of misc video and stills. The physical size of the NP-W126 is very much like the Olympus.

If I get serious into Fuji (more primary than secondary system) the X-t2's battery grip is a requirement!!!

For now I don't mind having a big pocket filled with batteries

AlanU wrote in post #18088923
If I get serious into Fuji (more primary than secondary system) the X-t2's battery grip is a requirement!!!

I pre-ordered the grip too. Currently only own 3 Fuji batteries, but if the AF of the X-T2 is as good as advertised, I'm sure I'll be using it a lot more and will need to purchase several additional batteries.

I spent a few hours shooting in -2ºc ice cave over the weekend, used a little over two batteries for almost 1000 shots. Pretty good considering the temp for a small battery, I'm sure the larger canon battery would have given me 1500 and I use to bring 4 to a shoot in my bag. never needed to change them once [with the grip on the 5D3].

So when I think about it, with two batteries in a grip and one in the chamber, and two X-T2 I doubt I need to change batteries during a shoot at all, even an all day wedding.

Initially my batteries weren't lasting long. Not sure what happened but now I can get quite a number of shots. Usually i have 3-4 spares with me but most I have used is 2 and that during baseball games when I shoot 400-500 shots. I am not complaining any more. With canon I used to carry 2 min. Now 4 not a big deal IMHO. Camera is much smaller/lighter.

I take with me 7 batteries for an all day wedding. Two Fuji ones and five Hahnel. The Hahnel ones last just as long at the genuine Fuji ones. I get about 450 to 500+ shots per battery.