Sorry to resurrect this old thread, but regarding the WiFi feature, I'm wondering what constitutes "ON". Is simply having WiFi "enabled" setting selected in the camera mean that WiFi is using some battery power, or is it only using the battery if the smartphone is actually sync'd & live to the camera?
In other words, do we need to select "disable" in the camera settings for the WiFi feature to not use some battery power, even if the phone is not linked at the time?
I always have disable when I am not using it, but have that option added to My Menu so that when I hit menu, that is one of the first options available there. I think enable means it starts up its web server so that phones see it as an available wifi point, ie. it is actively announcing itself and waiting for connection attempts.
TeamSpeed wrote:
I always have disable when I am not using it, but have that option added to My Menu so that when I hit menu, that is one of the first options available there. I think enable means it starts up its web server so that phones see it as an available wifi point, ie. it is actively announcing itself and waiting for connection attempts.
Thanks for this, but I'm still not clear from what you've said if the camera's battery is being used merely by having "enabled" selected, or if it only then uses battery power if synced to a phone.
Colin F wrote:
Thanks for this, but I'm still not clear from what you've said if the camera's battery is being used merely by having "enabled" selected, or if it only then uses battery power if synced to a phone.
It takes power to broadcast the connection info and then listen for connections, so yes, it is on. It isn't consuming as much power as when a phone is connected, and there is activity between them, but yes, there is power consumed. Just like phones do when you leave the option on that says "constantly monitor for wireless networks, even when asleep"....
arbitrage wrote:
All the newer Canon bodies have worse battery life than the last generation. That started with the 7D2, then the 5DSR, now the 5D4. And even the 1DX2 is way worse than the 1DX.
I don't know what Canon is smoking, you'd think we could get improvements in battery life over time and not worse every generation.
Increased processing power demands increased current flow from the battery. It is only natural to expect decreased battery life with each generation of body that shares a common battery, or at least same sized battery.
eg Canon increased battery capacity only 300mAh between the 1DX and the 1DX2, but I wouldn't be surprised in the least if the battery load of the Digic6 processor is double that of its Digic5 predecessor, if not more.
My 5DIV is only a few mo’s old. It came with an extra, off-brand battery that started dying ridiculously quickly. I threw it out and bought another Canon. Last week I took it out for over 1,000 shots; I don’t remember the battery level, but I do remember that I wasn’t considering changing it out yet.
