Battery question

Hi all,

Just wondered if anyone had any idea how long a 1dm2 battery (NP-e3) would last for, once fully charged and not used for a while. I appreciate it's good practise to ensure your batteries are charged before a shoot, but sometimes it isn't possible, and I just wondered how long those batteries might stay charged and relatively useful when left for a fair while.

Any ideas?

Cheers

Graeme

I have a spare that is fully charged which might be used a week or two later after it was charged, no probs with all day shooting after being left in the rucksack that amount of time.

Thanks Anthony! So that's how long you've been in that KF hide for then

That's good to know....thanks

Hi Graeme - an NIMH battery in good condition - loses about 1% charge per day at room temperature. From: The Video Battery Handbook by the professional video battery manufacturer Anton Bauer .. pdf downloadble from their website.

John

Ah thanks John. Will take a look

It's been 3 weeks in the hide for me now Graeme, starting to smell a bit

No photography this week I had to go and do something called work..

Work.... yeah, highly over-rated!!!!

I'd hazzard a guess that I've had fully charged NP-E3's lying around without being used for a month or two and they've still had plenty of juice left in them. In fact, with the rubbish weather we've being having in May I don't think I've actually recharged them since the end of April as I haven't been doing much shooting

Thanks all. Very useful