 Christopher A. Vedros |
Canon Rebel XTi / 400D Battery Life? I've just upgraded from the original Canon Digital Rebel to the Rebel XTi / 400D. Has anyone had a chance to put the Rebel XTi / 400D through a full-day of shooting to get a feel for its battery life? I know the NB-2LH battery is smaller than the BP-511s that I've been using in my original Rebel, but the new camera is supposed to be more power-efficient. I ordered 2 extra batteries with the Rebel XTi, so I should be covered. I was just wondering if someone could give me an idea of how the battery life on the two cameras will compare. Thanks,
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David Pratt |
Hi Chris, I have the XTi, and have had no major problems shooting all day. The only time I have run into trouble is if I am am at a sporting event and am shooting non stop, or using alot of flash. That will tend to run the battery down much quicker.
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Marius Liebenberg |
Get yourself the battery grip, it holds two batteries and great to shoot verticals shots with the addtional shutter button
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Marianne Fortin |
I have the XTi and have not found battery life to be a problem. I always carry one spare and have not needed to get another one so far. I agree that if you are using a lot of flash a battery grip would make sense.
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Christopher A. Vedros |
Thanks for the responses. I never use the on-camera flash, so that isn't really a concern. On long shoots with the Rebel, I sometimes would turn off the LCD to extend battery life. Since the LCD on the XTi is used for camera settings, I need to pretty much leave that on. I've thought about getting the battery grip. I might look at that again. Chris A. Vedros
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David Pratt |
I also found the batter grip, helps if youi have large hands. It makes the camera much easier to handle.
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Marius Liebenberg |
I use, most of the times, a Canon 70-200 f2.8L that is rather heavy and large for the small Rebel body so the battery grip gives better handling and helps to balance the camera/lens combination.
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Christopher A. Vedros |
Here's an update. Saturday, I shot 570 images with the Rebel XTi without changing batteries. At the end, the battery meter was actually only 1 notch down from full, so I don't know how much longer the battery would have lasted. I was concerned about this because the NB-2LH battery for the Rebel XTi has about half the mAh of the BP-511A batteries that I've been using with the Rebel. Canon has obviously improved the efficiency of the camera, because I was never able to get that many shots on one battery charge with the Rebel. So far, I'm very impressed with the new camera. Chris A. Vedros
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Jamie M. McCoy |
I have an XTi and have had no problems with Battery life. Infact I was very pleased with how well they hold up.
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