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t3i short battery life in video mode

Started Feb 6, 2020 | Questions thread
OP jralbert Senior Member • Posts: 1,018
Re: t3i short battery life in video mode

Problem resolved. It was both batteries. enough life in them to operate normally on stills (lots of shots possible).  But video must make some special demands on the battery and as soon as videoing started, the existing batteries were toast in half a minute.  I just got in a couple of off brand but new batteries and the video mode is operating as it should.

Thanks for the YouTube link to t71 quto focus operation. Am going to take a look at it right now.  The t3i hunts for focus if you try to refocus during shooting.  It's not a reliable camera for this unless you have some editin gear and can lay in cutaways or b roll when the camera is trying to focus.

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joel albert

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