p.3 #1 · R5II battery usage on safari (or other intense camera usage situations)?
Smallrig 5490 is a great charger!
On 22.5W PD USB-C adapter/powerbank or more it charges faster and 2 E6P batteries simultaneously.
When using 5V 2.4A adapter or connected to a laptop it operates in slow-modus and charges one battery after the other.
p.3 #2 · R5II battery usage on safari (or other intense camera usage situations)?
vbnut wrote:
One of the reasons I started this thread was to try to ensure that I would have enough battery capacity that I only need to charge at night (and maybe during a break in the middle of the day), especially since it seems unlikely that I will be able to charge in the safari vehicles.
I too am researching this subject, and am reading that often power is not available overnight. I’d need two sets of batteries, one with me and one back at the accommodation on the charger, since the charge sequence for two batteries takes 6 hours.
To those who’ve been there, is this true? Just for glamping places? Or for larger places outside towns?
p.3 #3 · R5II battery usage on safari (or other intense camera usage situations)?
It depends on where you go, but I always want to have all batteries charged for the next day.
Nowadays thare are some places with solar and lead-acid on inverters that are 24/7 as compared to generators only that may be off much of the night. I put batteries on the charger every time entereing the room or tent before doing anything else. Normally they are mostly charged by the time you are finished with dinner, or if mid-day before the afternoon game drive.
Ideally you should have enough batteries not to be too obsessed about charging. R5/R5 II use small batteries, so it's much easier just to take enough. You are there to see the species not charge batteries.
p.3 #4 · R5II battery usage on safari (or other intense camera usage situations)?
melcat wrote:
I too am researching this subject, and am reading that often power is not available overnight. I’d need two sets of batteries, one with me and one back at the accommodation on the charger, since the charge sequence for two batteries takes 6 hours.
To those who’ve been there, is this true? Just for glamping places? Or for larger places outside towns?
Unless you are going to a really inexpensive camp, you won't have any issues. All decent camps should have plenty of USB charging in the vehicle as well as plenty of charging stations at camp during lunch and dinner, or overnight. People always stress about this stuff and take waay too many things on their first trip to Africa, including lenses. But once they go they realize there's plenty of opportunities to charge your batteries and nothing to stress about. For anyone taking two R5's or R5II's, a total of 5 batteries should be absolutely fine for 99% of people who don't chimp like crazy or shoot 4k 120 all day long.
