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Well, shit
Jul. 2nd, 2022 09:02 pmTurns out it's not the battery, camera itself has a problem. I suspect that something is causing the battery to drain super fast.
He's the dumb way I found out!
Photographers tend to have very set ways of doing things so they don't wind up with problems. Like, I never close the SD slot on my camera when the card isn't in. Anyway, usually before I head out I turn my camera on and off just to double check that the card and battery are installed... and that the camera is in the bag. I do this 99.9% of the time I swear.
But last night I just needed to get out and walk a few miles with some weight on my back. I'd been inside way too much. I stayed at my guild thing for a while, but just hit a 'no, I need to get my blood moving'. So I just grabbed my camera bag and headed out to a spot that allegedly has a new piece of urban art. Of course, the widely posted location was 100% wrong. Of course it was. Cool art + creating illusion of it being a thing you too can come and see / photograph is the winning social media formula. That is why people *routinely* post about waterfalls and other things in Oregon as being easy, close, uncrowded, etc. Saying 'Got up at 3 AM to shoot this before the crowds arrive' is less engaging. *indistinct grumbles about tourists trusting instagram over official info or locals*
Anyway, found something else I wanted to shoot and... battery dead. The brand new, fully charged battery was 100% dead. I have never fully run out of charge on my camera since 2018. I am careful. Dead batteries on shoots does not happen to me... except for last night!
I am likely to both get the new version of the same camera, staying with am OMD 5 instead of the OMD 10, 1 or X. Just a mark iii instead of a mark ii. <- these words make sense to me at least. But also I will see if the old body can be repaired.
The upgrade should be fun, because even a newer 10 is supposed to be a step up from the old 5. Maybe I should jump to a 1 but, the 5 really feels like the sweet spot to me.
But, until I make a final decision, I do have my Pen 8 and the bright primes should do good on it. But it's got a much weaker sensor and can't support Sync IS.
( Sorry, feel like babbling about cameras. )
He's the dumb way I found out!
Photographers tend to have very set ways of doing things so they don't wind up with problems. Like, I never close the SD slot on my camera when the card isn't in. Anyway, usually before I head out I turn my camera on and off just to double check that the card and battery are installed... and that the camera is in the bag. I do this 99.9% of the time I swear.
But last night I just needed to get out and walk a few miles with some weight on my back. I'd been inside way too much. I stayed at my guild thing for a while, but just hit a 'no, I need to get my blood moving'. So I just grabbed my camera bag and headed out to a spot that allegedly has a new piece of urban art. Of course, the widely posted location was 100% wrong. Of course it was. Cool art + creating illusion of it being a thing you too can come and see / photograph is the winning social media formula. That is why people *routinely* post about waterfalls and other things in Oregon as being easy, close, uncrowded, etc. Saying 'Got up at 3 AM to shoot this before the crowds arrive' is less engaging. *indistinct grumbles about tourists trusting instagram over official info or locals*
Anyway, found something else I wanted to shoot and... battery dead. The brand new, fully charged battery was 100% dead. I have never fully run out of charge on my camera since 2018. I am careful. Dead batteries on shoots does not happen to me... except for last night!
I am likely to both get the new version of the same camera, staying with am OMD 5 instead of the OMD 10, 1 or X. Just a mark iii instead of a mark ii. <- these words make sense to me at least. But also I will see if the old body can be repaired.
The upgrade should be fun, because even a newer 10 is supposed to be a step up from the old 5. Maybe I should jump to a 1 but, the 5 really feels like the sweet spot to me.
But, until I make a final decision, I do have my Pen 8 and the bright primes should do good on it. But it's got a much weaker sensor and can't support Sync IS.
( Sorry, feel like babbling about cameras. )
