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Battery draining scenarios...

Started Feb 27, 2019 | Discussions thread
kypfer Contributing Member • Posts: 985
Re: Battery draining scenarios...

markyboy81 wrote:

It's difficult to accurately guage the nx500 battery level though as the indicator is pretty runbish compared to the NX1 which uses a percentage. Having said that I do think the nx500 is better at not discharging the battery compared to the NX1.

Also, I'm guilty of keeping the batteries inside the cameras when I know I shouldn't. I appreciate the risk of the battery swelling but would imagine this risk is small given the amount of phones we have now with sealed in batteries.

No need to "accurately gauge" anything, just run it flat and count how many minutes of video or how many exposures were made! Somewhere, probably in the camera handbook, there'll be an official estimate of how many pictures or how much video one can expect to get from a fully charged battery.

When comparing the risk of batteries swelling you need to compare "like with like".

A 'phone with a sealed in battery is just that, there's no facility for removing that battery and fitting another, so if it swells a bit probably no big deal, maybe a dent in the case.

If the removeable battery in your camera swells it is no longer removeable, so can't be replaced and quite possibly can't be recharged either, so camera becomes unusable and possibly economically irrepairable. Taking the batteries out is a lot cheaper, even if it does mean you need to reset the time and date next time you want to use the camera

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