5D4 owners- Battery Life

umphotography wrote in post #18636621
Problem solved

I just ordered 2 extra batteries for the FREE grip that came with it

Link?

CyberDyneSystems wrote in post #18636643
Link?

batteries ?
https://www.bhphotovid​eo.com …urce=facebook%2​Binstagram

5D4 deal with free grip- this is a good deal
https://www.bhphotovid​eo.com …canon_eos_5d_ma​rk_iv.html

3 batteries stay in my 5D4 bag. It's a small price to pay for such a great camera.

umphotography wrote in post #18636439
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. . . I also go through the roll a,lot to be sure I have what I need
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What does this mean?


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Tom Reichner wrote in post #18636836
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What does this mean?

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Probably from film days

Go through the roll....looking at all the negatives

I will go through all the photos on the card often so I know I did not miss any shots that I wanted to capture at the wedding

I got ~800 motorsport shots out of my 5D4 battery before it was on the last bar (70-200 Sigma lens on OS-2 with lots of autofocus and stabilizing going on). I swapped it out at that point, but probably could have gotten another 50-100 shots out of it.

My wifi and GPS are off.

Jethr0 wrote in post #18641425
I got ~800 motorsport shots out of my 5D4 battery before it was on the last bar (70-200 Sigma lens on OS-2 with lots of autofocus and stabilizing going on). I swapped it out at that point, but probably could have gotten another 50-100 shots out of it.

My wifi and GPS are off.

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If those 800 shots were spread out over 3 or 4 days of shooting, and if you spent a couple of hours chimping through your images every night, then that doesn't sound bad for a battery. . But if those 800 shots were all taken in just 6 to 8 hours of shooting, and your battery was on its last bar, then that sounds really bad to me.


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I will try turning off Wifi and GPS. Maybe that will help. But I chimp a lot. This is the worst battery perfoirmance I have had from a canon camera. Batteries are cheap. $68 for a new Canon. But still crap battery life compared to other bodies I have use...most of them since 20D...not impressed with battery life for the 5D4

The 800 shots were over 3 hours with about 40 mins of chimping during a break in racing for lunch.

EDIT: if i remember correctly the battery is rated for '900 shots'...when using the viewfinder.

Tom Reichner wrote in post #18641461
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If those 800 shots were spread out over 3 or 4 days of shooting, and if you spent a couple of hours chimping through your images every night, then that doesn't sound bad for a battery. . But if those 800 shots were all taken in just 6 to 8 hours of shooting, and your battery was on its last bar, then that sounds really bad to me.

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800 in the latter case is good for the 5D4 I'm afraid.