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Re: Stunning AF demo of the R8 by the Fro
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JustUs7 wrote:
MAC wrote:
MikeJ9116 wrote:
CamerEyes wrote:
Rudy Pohl wrote:
Wow, you have got to see this just posted video of Fro with the R8. I watched the first few minutes and was completely blown away by the auto focus demonstrated in real world contexts. Amazing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt7Z_WjyqyE
Rudy
Not a surprise because it has the R6Mii focusing system.
The kind of battery the R8 has to use is what sort of cripples it for professional (sports) work, considering the absence of IBIS can partially be mitigated by lenses with IS.
The R8 is meant to be an entry level camera and not one used by professionals. Maybe for use as a backup camera at best. I think he said he got around 1,100 shots from one battery and had half capacity showing on the meter when shooting the basketball game. Battery life seemed to be not bad at all.
he said on the basketball, he was at 1600 shots on one battery with 1/2 battery life remaining at end of game
On Lacross it was 29 degrees out and he almost got through one game on one battery.
Important point of perspective He was shooting 40 fps bursts and not messing with settings at all really. Experience will be very different if one is adjusting settings consistently, taking single captures, adjusting again, walking around with the camera on standby, etc.
Not saying the battery life will be bad I’ve happily used an RP for three years (same battery) and only had to go to the back up a handful of times. But 1,600 picture day on a long hike will be very different than bursts shooting a ball game for an hour or so.
I’m sure you know that, but some might read this and say,”I only got 200 pictures and my battery died. What the deal?”
The main battery hog is sensor and EVF/LCD time (which needs the sensor in mirrorless). If your sensor is on for a total of 1 hour and you shoot 100x 40 shot bursts that might be 4000 photos. Or if you are out on a photo shot, it might be 200 carefully framed single shots. The battery consumed will be about the same.
Battery is the same size as the RP, so I expect the same kind of battery life. I always pack a spare.