R5/R6 - Battery / Coupler / Charging in the field - lessons & questions
Update.... did a day of shooting..8 total hours away from electricity... and learned a few things. I had my Anker battery attached directly to the camera's USB port via a C-C USB cable all day.
After some experimentation, I came to the conclusion that the least I think about power management, the happier I am. So.... In Power saving menu, I changed Auto Power Off to 3 min.
This forces the camera into charging soon. If I want to keep the camera alive, I pump the shutter. I also found there is little time difference waking the camera up from a full power off compared to just the viewfinder and display screen being off.... so why not have it charge if it is half asleep anyway?
So... I want to force the camera in to charging mode early. With this configuration, I left the day with 92% of charge on my battery. During the day, when things got hot with the birds, my battery dropped to a low of about 62%.
A kind of obvious lesson learned here.... this configuration of battery to camera and constant sleep only works if you don't have to be always shooting. The camera needs down time to charge. The good, is that it can charge in small chunks during the day, but it does need down time.
BTW, I just ordered a Canon DR-E6 coupler dummy battery. I can not wait to end this power management stupid stuff.
Peace
Bruce in Philly
Nov 16, 2020 at 05:56 PM
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