Battery Consumption with 70-200 IS lens

I don't get many shots per full charge of battery when I have IS switched on with my 70-200/f2.8L IS lens. With a non-IS lens I can get up to 300 RAW shots per battery. With the IS lens on it drops to about 50.

Does anybody else experience this?

David

Both of your numbers sound very low. With the 100-400IS I have gotten 400 RAW pics easy with IS on the whole time, and lots of half-pressed shutter time tracking animals.

Using a microdrive?

Jason

David R Stout said:

I don't get many shots per full charge of battery when I have IS
switched on with my 70-200/f2.8L IS lens. With a non-IS lens I can
get up to 300 RAW shots per battery. With the IS lens on it drops
to about 50.

Does anybody else experience this?

David

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Have always used a Microdrive so that can't be making a difference.

David

Jason Hutchinson said:

Using a microdrive?

Jason

David R Stout said:

I don't get many shots per full charge of battery when I have IS
switched on with my 70-200/f2.8L IS lens. With a non-IS lens I can
get up to 300 RAW shots per battery. With the IS lens on it drops
to about 50.

Does anybody else experience this?

David

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David R Stout said:

I don't get many shots per full charge of battery when I have IS
switched on with my 70-200/f2.8L IS lens. With a non-IS lens I can
get up to 300 RAW shots per battery. With the IS lens on it drops
to about 50.

Does anybody else experience this?

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Yes, I have noticed that the 70-200 IS USM eats my battery pretty quick when IS is on (which in my case is all the time, since I shoot handheld).

Cheers,

--
David

No, I mean BOTH of your numbers are low. Sounds like the MD is the reason for that. But, there could be something wrong with your IS mechanism that causes it to draw excessive current. 50 pictures is insane.

Jason

David R Stout said:

David

Jason Hutchinson said:

Using a microdrive?

Jason

David R Stout said:

I don't get many shots per full charge of battery when I have IS
switched on with my 70-200/f2.8L IS lens. With a non-IS lens I can
get up to 300 RAW shots per battery. With the IS lens on it drops
to about 50.

Does anybody else experience this?

David

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David,

Last week I was at a dude ranch in Cody, Wyoming waiting for the bus to take us to Yellowstone. I had the 1D with 100-400IS, and a microdrive and what I thought was a fully charged battery. Anyway, I saw a hummingbird on the feeder, and started shooting (with a 1.4X......lots of blurry images handheld), later at Yellowstone all the others asked me why I was not photographing the wonderfull wildlife with my "super" camera. I was a little embarrassed to reveal that my battery was dead. My only conclusion is that the IS ate the battery up while I was dinging aroung with the humming bird........sadness!
Don

with my d60 and 100-400 L IS (IS ON) and 1 GB MD
i took 520 Shoots. i use JPG, no RAW.
Sleepmode 2 Min. set, Review ON.
My Secondary Battery is not so good.
Only 340 Shoots possible.
So i think your Battery is weak.
Make your Test again with a new Battery.

Peter

David C. said:

David R Stout said:

I don't get many shots per full charge of battery when I have IS
switched on with my 70-200/f2.8L IS lens. With a non-IS lens I can
get up to 300 RAW shots per battery. With the IS lens on it drops
to about 50.

Does anybody else experience this?

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Yes, I have noticed that the 70-200 IS USM eats my battery pretty
quick when IS is on (which in my case is all the time, since I
shoot handheld).

Cheers,

--
David

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Get it checked out.

I shot about 250 pix on a half charged set of batteries at a Renaissance Festival last weekend using the same 70-200/f2.8L IS.