Canon R6 I R6 Battery Drain

[Adecoleman]

Has anyone experienced the LP-E6NH Battery draining quickly.
I have used it a couple of times where it has gone from 100% down to 47% after 140 images. On Wednesday i charged the battery to 100% when i returned home
and left it out of the camera and before i went out with the camera this morning i put it into the charger and it had lost a lot of it's charge which i find strange.
I have the camera set on ECO power saving mode and i have followed a few other power saving tips which i have used on my 5DMKIV etc. I haven't experienced battery drain like this on any other of my Canon Cameras and wondered if i have something switched on that is using the battery so quick. I have purchased another LP-E6NH from Wex as a backup and also have some good lasting LP-E6N from the 5D. If this is the standard for the battery consumption i think i might need to buy the Grip sooner rather than later.

Can anyone share their experiences and also some battery life saving tips please

 

[Dave Williams]

I'm pretty certain you have something working that is causing the power drain because I have taken 1000 images and still had 50% left! One of the main savings might be turning off continuous AF. If you leave that on the lens continues to search when you are not using it , you can hear the focus working as you carry the camera. I also never have GPS switched on either..or Bluetooth and Wifi.

 

[Adecoleman]

I'm pretty certain you have something working that is causing the power drain because I have taken 1000 images and still had 50% left! One of the main savings might be turning off continuous AF. If you leave that on the lens continues to search when you are not using it , you can hear the focus working as you carry the camera. I also never have GPS switched on either..or Bluetooth and Wifi.

Hi Dave,
Thanks for the reply
I never have Continuous AF switched on and have never used GPS,WIFI,Bluetooth

 

[Dave Williams]

How long to you leave the screen live for?

 

[Adecoleman]

How long to you leave the screen live for?

It is set on ECO mode so it powers off after a couple of seconds and then reactivates when i press the shutter button

 

[Adecoleman]

How long to you leave the screen live for?

It is set on ECO mode so it powers off after a couple of seconds and then reactivates when i press the shutter button

 

[saodzynz13]

Mine seems to drain really quickly too. I just received my R5, so I am working on fine tuning my settings to fit my needs as well as prevent unwanted draining. Sorry I am not much help for your inquiry, just feel your pain! Just continuing to learn I guess!

 

[David Eaton]

I haven’t noticed any unusual battery drain. I do have the battery grip, but, I’ve done multiple sporting events on a charge and have never had battery worries. I am using the grip, but if I’m shooting a high school basketball double header, I’m easily shooting 800 images...and I could do back to back doubleheader days with no battery issues.

Tomorrow I’m scheduled for a softball doubleheader and a volleyball doubleheader, I’ll have backup batteries with me, and I’ll probably be shooting two bodies for softball, but I don’t anticipate any battery issues. Monday I’ve got volleyball and high school basketball, likely just one body, but I don’t anticipate having to change batteries. Again, I do have a battery grip, but I’ll shoot a lot of images during the games.

That said, I much prefer fully charged batteries in the camera when I start a day’s events!

 

[David Eaton]

Here’s an update after the day’s event....I probably shot 1,500 images between two softball games, a short high school event, and three sets of a volleyball match. I had two bars left on the battery meter when I took the batteries out to recharge. Again, I use a grip so I have two batteries, but given I was at two bars, I imagine I could have squeezed this out of one battery.

 

[guydunnuk]

Mine seems to drain really quickly too. I just received my R5, so I am working on fine tuning my settings to fit my needs as well as prevent unwanted draining. Sorry I am not much help for your inquiry, just feel your pain! Just continuing to learn I guess!

Try switching it to Airplane mode and that Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are off.