Hey all,

Was just thinking that I've never put a fresh battery in my 30D and had it run dead. Sure, I've 'em run out of juice when they've already been in the camera for a while or when I'm out in cold weather, but never killed a fresh one in warm weather.

Because of this, I have no idea how many exposures that I can get on one charge. Anybody actually count?

Just wondering,

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Canon Brand name got me 2102, Delkin 1784. Of course this is daytime, no noise reduction, no IS, very efficient use of body and focus, no playback, etc.

When I use IS, or focus more, etc, I never can get above about 1300. Haven't counted that as much, as it usually goes several days with this kinda of shooting.

Not an exact number but on my 30d & 20d I get roughly around 1200 on a full charge when I am using an IS lens and playback etc...I was initially quite surprised how much power the IS does drain when I added an IS lens to my collection... And somewhat off topic I am really shocked how little of shots I get on my my 5d (around 500 or so)....

Thanks for the responses.

I don't think there is going to be any need for me to get another battery any time soon. I have two that came with cameras (300d & 30D) and another that I bought as a backup because the max that the original 300D would take at one time was about 200. Three batteries = at min. 3600 pics! I've only got memory cards for about 500 RAW images anyway.

Looks like you are set.... When/if you do want to get a new battery check out sterlingtek batteries.. you sure can't beat the price of $12.99 for a battery.... I own 8 of them along with 4 Canon batteries and have had no problems with the sterlingtek ones (or the Canons)....