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Another note about Canon EOS 5D Mark II battery performance

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This past weekend I did something I usually do not do – I shot a wedding! My niece got married in Spokane, so I flew up there and did the wedding photographer thing. Actually, my brother and I did the photography. Fortunately, he is more experienced than I at the portrait and lighting stuff. (No, you won’t see those photos here! :-)

For those of you still trying to figure out how many Canon LP-E6 5D II batteries you might need, I shot about 650 frames using the 5D II. At the end of this process the battery level indicator still showed two of four bars.

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Quick Report on Canon EOS 5D Mark II Battery Performance

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After four days photographing – in sometimes stunning conditions – in the Tuolumne Meadows area of Yosemite, it seems odd to make my first post about a technical issue. But, here I go.

People wonder about the LP-E6 battery performance of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera. While I haven’t conducted and “scientific” tests of battery performance, what I have observed thus far is quite encouraging. Over the past three and a half days or so I made 533 exposures plus a few more that I deleted in the camera. I do a fair amount of “chimping” and I used the live view feature just a bit. After all of that the battery life indicator still showed two our of four bars.

All in all, I think this seems like great battery life. Many 5D II shooters will find that one battery is sufficient, and very few  should need more than one spare. (I currently have one spare. Because of some unusual use patterns – including backcountry pack trips of one to two weeks duration – I’m considering one more spare.)

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