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p.1 #1 · What's wrong with my 7D battery

I have 1784 shots on one charge and still have 12% battery life left I just can't believe how many shots I can get off one charge. Anyone know what wrong with this battery

Mike

Nov 18, 2009 at 12:32 AM

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p.1 #2 · What's wrong with my 7D battery

Why do you feel that there is a problem? Is there an error message? It is the standard old LP-E6, correct?

EBH

Nov 18, 2009 at 12:47 AM

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EB-1 wrote:
Why do you feel that there is a problem? Is there an error message? It is the standard old LP-E6, correct?

EBH

I am being a wise ass I am just so shocked to see how many shots one can get on the 7D battery. This is fantastic I never dreamed I could have gotten so many shots on none charge

Nov 18, 2009 at 12:51 AM

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p.1 #4 · What's wrong with my 7D battery

Maybe he was being scarcastic?

Nov 18, 2009 at 12:51 AM

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gasrocks wrote:
Maybe he was being scarcastic?

Yes I am I keep shooting and shooting and expect the battery to go dead but it won't die

Nov 18, 2009 at 12:53 AM

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p.1 #6 · What's wrong with my 7D battery

EBH you must be a really serious person....have you ever smiled ?

EB-1 wrote:
Why do you feel that there is a problem? Is there an error message? It is the standard old LP-E6, correct?

EBH

Nov 18, 2009 at 01:00 AM

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p.1 #7 · What's wrong with my 7D battery

sounds like your battery and 7D are defects just like mine..
I can't believe I have 4 batteries..

Nov 18, 2009 at 01:03 AM

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p.1 #8 · What's wrong with my 7D battery

tanglefoot47 wrote:
... I keep shooting and shooting and expect the battery to go dead but it won't die

Mike, this is great news...in the past, I've always used grips with my xxD bodies and used two primary BP-11 batteries and two spares but it looks like the newer LP-E6 batteries are living up to their marketing as having extended power reserve. It looks like I can get away with just two LP-E6 batteries with the 7D without any worry of running out of power!

Omar

Nov 18, 2009 at 01:04 AM

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omarlyn wrote:
tanglefoot47 wrote:
... I keep shooting and shooting and expect the battery to go dead but it won't die

Omar

Hey Omar I bought a second battery just to have another one in case I run out of charge and to get the benefit of a full charge. When I had my 50D with a grip I never got this many shots off a charge. Going into the 7D I knew I would be getting some good battery life but not this good. I also use my LCD a lot to check photo's etc

Nov 18, 2009 at 01:10 AM

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p.1 #10 · What's wrong with my 7D battery

Is that a lot? I don't know the 7D, since it was too late for our needs. (D300s probably does not get that many without grip, but it was for sale.)

IIRC Pondria achieved over 7K frames on the 1Ds MK II, and that was using an inefficient NiMH battery pack.

How can I test the 1Ds MK III? I think it should be 3K or so.

EBH

Nov 18, 2009 at 01:11 AM

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p.1 #11 · What's wrong with my 7D battery

If you were shooting a 1DMK3 I would say send it back, you should be getting 3000+.

Nov 18, 2009 at 01:38 AM

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p.1 #12 · What's wrong with my 7D battery

It depends on how you use the camera, I was able to extract 2500 photos off a single BP-511A battery on the 40D on sports days (lots of frames minimal chimping)

Nov 18, 2009 at 02:10 AM

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Dawei Ye wrote:
It depends on how you use the camera, I was able to extract 2500 photos off a single BP-511A battery on the 40D on sports days (lots of frames minimal chimping)

Sheesh, I could never squeeze more than about 500 out of my 40D and I rarely chimp or use LV.

Nov 18, 2009 at 08:35 AM

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p.1 #14 · What's wrong with my 7D battery

I am very impressed with mine. Even shooting the odd video and the ocasional live view I still hit over 1000 on every battery charge.

Nov 18, 2009 at 12:51 PM

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p.1 #15 · What's wrong with my 7D battery

Gochugogi wrote:
Dawei Ye wrote:
It depends on how you use the camera, I was able to extract 2500 photos off a single BP-511A battery on the 40D on sports days (lots of frames minimal chimping)

Sheesh, I could never squeeze more than about 500 out of my 40D and I rarely chimp or use LV.

Same here I have no idea how one can get 2500 I never came close to it

Nov 18, 2009 at 04:11 PM

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p.1 #16 · What's wrong with my 7D battery

if your sending back the camera, why worry?

Nov 18, 2009 at 04:14 PM

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p.1 #17 · What's wrong with my 7D battery

Dawei Ye wrote:
It depends on how you use the camera, I was able to extract 2500 photos off a single BP-511A battery on the 40D on sports days (lots of frames minimal chimping)

I'm sure IS uses a lot of power too.

Nov 18, 2009 at 04:18 PM

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p.1 #18 · What's wrong with my 7D battery

parsons wrote:
if your sending back the camera, why worry?

Who said anything about being worried yes it's going back for an exchange I love this camera

Nov 18, 2009 at 04:20 PM

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p.1 #19 · What's wrong with my 7D battery

Well I ended up getting around 2060 shots with this one battery. I ran the abttery out so I missed the final accurate number. But I am very happy with this and just think if I wasn't using the LCD so much it would have been much more

Nov 18, 2009 at 09:48 PM


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