Nah. That’s just you because you switch camera brands so often! I can remove an SD card and battery from a Nikon DSLR in the dark. Like a marine and an M16! ?
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How do you charge your camera battery?
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Cold weather is starting to encroach. I got reminded of how cold weather affects apparent battery charge. I have a couple of cameras that use the equivalent of Canon BP-9XXX series batteries from which I can normally get 1-2 hours of use. I was able to get about 30 minutes max working outside the other day when it was really cold here in Denver. I keep extra batteries in an inside coat pocket closer to my body to keep them warm until I need them.
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Will this cold weather effect my cell or watch batteries?
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I don’t wear a watch so no direct observations on that, but I have noticed it affecting my iPhone if it’s exposed to extreme cold for an extended period of time. Generally though, it’s in my pocket or some place reasonably warm. Your watch will be against your skin. If it’s a watch with a larger power draw like apple watch, I’d assume you’d notice a degradation if it were to undergo prolonged exposure to cold. In all cases, everything returns to normal once you get back to normal temperatures. In fact, I’ve seen batteries that register as depleted in extreme cold get at least some level of charge to register once they warm up.
Thanks for the answer to the question. Yeah I have noticed my apple watch sometimes going from 100-97% after I take it off the charger. I don’t know why but my room is usually plenty warm.
Yes, and this goes back to why I personally don’t keep actual percentages enabled. They’re either often not right or they can lead to concerns like the ones you raise. There’s a lot of software and firmware logic that goes into keeping batteries well conditioned in a computer system, whether it’s a laptop, phone or camera. Batteries wear out faster under certain conditions. For example, my laptop remains plugged in a lot of the time which you’d think would keep the battery at 100%. It turns out this isn’t good for the longevity of the battery. Mac OS will let the charge of my battery drop to a certain level below 100% and maintain it there unless I specifically say I want it fully charged. Why all this is, I don’t know off hand. I’ve read why but it wasn’t interesting enough (to me) to stay in my brain
.My old 2012 MacBook Pro’s battery exploded and the person I sold the laptop to fixed this problem after I bought my 2020 unit last year. I kept that one plugged in most of the time. A tech told me that newer laptops are better suited to stay plugged in all the time like my current model. But yes I have noticed my battery percentage does not often go above 80% charge unless I tell it to. My old unit never acted like this and perhaps why the battery expanded or exploded. All I know is that I could barley use the built in trackpad.Yes, and this goes back to why I personally don’t keep actual percentages enabled. They’re either often not right or they can lead to concerns like the ones you raise. There’s a lot of software and firmware logic that goes into keeping batteries well conditioned in a computer system, whether it’s a laptop, phone or camera. Batteries wear out faster under certain conditions. For example, my laptop remains plugged in a lot of the time which you’d think would keep the battery at 100%. It turns out this isn’t good for the longevity of the battery. Mac OS will let the charge of my battery drop to a certain level below 100% and maintain it there unless I specifically say I want it fully charged. Why all this is, I don’t know off hand. I’ve read why but it wasn’t interesting enough (to me) to stay in my brain
I don’t know how to disable percentages on Apple Watch.
80% is some threshold that they believe trickle charging at is better for the battery - see the comment on the i3 car. I suspect it is to do with heat. Heat being the enemy of most electronics equipment.
This is because of the power output of a USB port is not that big. It can be ramped up with a wall wart and charger plugged straight in - as it doesn't risk frying the computer.
I charged my batteries today. Put them in the wall charger and let 240 volts AC current do it’s thing. When the orange blinking light went solid orange it was done.
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Removing the alkaline from young new R2023 lithium batteries and infusing any Nucleoside-modified mRNA encoding membranes with glycoprotein in an incubator or petri dish then injecting this solution with potassium chloride into said camera battery will prolong the life span immensely!
this process can be used in electric cars batteries, joshua trees and chicken noddle soup.
i hope this helped!
happy camaring, peoples!
oh the potassium chloride keeps the solvent together.
this process can be used in electric cars batteries, joshua trees and chicken noddle soup.
i hope this helped!
happy camaring, peoples!
oh the potassium chloride keeps the solvent together.
I read my camera manual on how to charge the batteries so I am really up to date on battery charging. Suggest OP do the same.
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I was not asking how to charge a battery but how do you charge your battery? Should I wait till battery goes to 1 bar or should I charge when battery goes to middle?
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Either or. It doesn’t really matter. The battery in a camera isn’t like the one in a phone. Just use it and charge it when you need to.
Fairly sure I had all along. But there you go. Thank you for being polite.
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Li-ion or all Lithium variant batteries need to be understood.. The DOD (Depth of discharge) in Lithium batteries is very high.. 80% plus before any permanent damage can occur..With an old lead acid batteriy this is way way less.
Anyway, the charge cycle is very well explained in this article..
In summary, with full depletion and recharge, you might see a lifetime between 300-500 cycles.
Doing a depletion of 50% (half the max bars) this life cycle might go up to 600-1000 cycles..
Read more here
The Charging Cycles of Lithium-ion Polymer Batteries - Grepow Blog
Do you know what the Lithium-ion Polymer battery charging cycles are? If you want to learn more about cycles of lithium-ion polymer batteries, here is it.
www.grepow.com
Thank youLi-ion or all Lithium variant batteries need to be understood.. The DOD (Depth of discharge) in Lithium batteries is very high.. 80% plus before any permanent damage can occur..With an old lead acid batteriy this is way way less.
Anyway, the charge cycle is very well explained din this article..
In summary, with full depletion and recharge you might see a lifetime between 300-500 cycles
Doing a depletion of 50% (half the max bars) this life cycle might go up to 600-1000 cycles..
Read more here
The Charging Cycles of Lithium-ion Polymer Batteries - Grepow Blog
Do you know what the Lithium-ion Polymer battery charging cycles are? If you want to learn more about cycles of lithium-ion polymer batteries, here is it.
As it happens, at the end of a shooting session today while getting ready to format the card after the files had been safely installed into the computer, I noticed that battery percentage was down to the point where I might as well slip in a new one and put the other on the charger. Did so, grabbing another battery from the container where I store them.
This reminds me of something I'm not sure has been mentioned yet, but when one has several batteries, say three or more, it's a good idea to continuously rotate them, not just keep using the same one or two all the time.
This reminds me of something I'm not sure has been mentioned yet, but when one has several batteries, say three or more, it's a good idea to continuously rotate them, not just keep using the same one or two all the time.
I was just about to say it makes sense to put a numbered sticker on them to make sure you rotate them.
This is a good idea for those that take lots of pictures. In my case I don’t take enough to justify the expense of new batteries. But thanks anyways.