Battery life on Canon 5D Mark III is low

9 years 5 months ago #410592 by Zorka
Do any of you ever have issues with your 5D's battery life?  What is strange is I have 3 batteries, that are all under a year old.  This doesn't happen all the time, I would guess once every couple weeks though.  Normally I can shot with a single battery easily most of a day.  However, lately I have noticed something is going on with my camera because the battery will die down in under an hours use. 

I'm not using the camera in live mode, and it's not the same battery either.  Before I go sending my camera off to Canon, anyone have any suggestions? 

:thx:


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9 years 5 months ago #410919 by Jay Farrell
If it's doing with multiple batteries, then I'd say it's time to send off to Canon


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9 years 4 months ago #412704 by Simon Says
Do you have a 7D or 5Dmk2 around that you can test with? (ie, new battery in old camera and old battery in new camera) Then you can at least figure out if it's the camera or battery at fault.
If not, try going back to the shop and asking them...


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