Jonny as panamon_creel said. It's a good question. The problem is my AF-S 70-200 also has VR but my AF-D 300F4 does not. Since I get a bit more battery life out of the 300, I think the VR, at least in this one example, perhaps uses more battery than the cameras screw drive. This could be due to the size of the 70-200. A smaller VR lens may produce different results.
How Many Shots Do You Get Off a Charge?
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I get around 800 raw+jpg on one battery from d200/d90, image review turned off, VR on, continuos mode on both AF and shutter, as I use grip I always have two batteries in the compartment, so once I go back from shooting I just put both of them on charger.
as for storing, the labeling (as Niko suggested) is really good idea, I was using this kind of color markings when I was shooting on film, and never had any problems with that
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I managed to get 1200 shots with my D300 with a year old battery. Was regular use, mix of low and high ISO, no flash and plenty of menu use and live view. I think I could have taken at least 100-200 more.
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Out of curiosity I rigged one of my MB10 cradles and did some crude power peak usage measurements on my D300
General set-up -> continuous focusing ->Matrix Metering --Measured off 8X NiMH AANikkor AF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens
Metering only, AF&VR Idle --> 200 mA
Metering, AF and VR --> 520 mA
Metering, AF, VR Off --> 495 mANikkor AF-S 200mm f/2G VR lens
Metering only, AF&VR Idle --> 262 mA
Metering, AF and VR --> 450 mA
Metering, AF, VR Off --> 420 mANikkor AF 85mm f/1.4D
Metering only --> 140 mA
Metering and AF --> 480 mANikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G
Metering only --> 160 mA
Metering and AF --> 285 mASigma 180mm f/3.5 Macro
Metering only --> 142 mA
Metering and AF --> 430 mAAs said it was a quick measurement and with my set-up surely wasn't accurate but from the looks of it the camera internal AF motor requires more power than the tested AF-S lenses.
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I'm thinking it's due to the fact that there is less "friction" and "closer" gearing with AF-S versus an in-camera screw drive.
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Wow. Thank you Keith and Panamon_Creel :^)
So it looks like I'm pretty mean to my batteries. Ah, what the heck—this can be an "endurance" experiment ;^)
So with the whole AF-S vs. AF-D (I think), what do you think would have more battery life: 70-200 ƒ/2.8G w/ VR-On or 80-200 ƒ/2.8D (without VR of course)?
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Oh, and I'm planning on getting a battery grip once I get a "big-boy" lens. How would AA's work regarding battery life?
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Awesome, Panamon_Creel! That was idle curiosity; thanks for doing that!
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alphanikonrex said:
So with the whole AF-S vs. AF-D (I think), what do you think would have more battery life: 70-200 ƒ/2.8G w/ VR-On or 80-200 ƒ/2.8D (without VR of course)?From my quick test it appears that the VR itself doesn't take much power when active however both of the "tested" VR lenses had a higher current draw than non VR lenses while idle w/metering on and that current draw remained the same no matter if the VR switch was turned on or off.
alphanikonrex said:
Oh, and I'm planning on getting a battery grip once I get a "big-boy" lens. How would AA's work regarding battery life?Depends what AA's you are going to use ;)
I use either low discharge 2100 mAh or high capacity 2700 mAh NiMH which, due to their higher capacity, would last longer at "normal temperatures" than the 1500 mAh EN-EL3e.Posted 3 years ago # -
Thanks for the help Panamon_Creel :^)
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