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I suppose it was inevitable but it breaks my heart. I shot on film in high school. I had a decent job so I could buy enough film and processing that I didn't w

I suppose it was inevitable but it breaks my heart. I shot on film in high school. I had a decent job so I could buy enough film and processing that I didn't worry too much about "wasting" shots. I used various point-and-shoots in the late 90s and early 2000's. I constantly had "battery anxiety". I missed a lot of good shots because I kept the camera powered-off for fear of draining the battery. When I threw caution to the wind and kept the camera on the battery would inevitably die and I'd miss shots. I was constantly thinking about my battery. It sapped a lot of the joy from shooting pictures. I never worry about that with my Nikon DSLRs. I can grab the camera when I head out in the morning and know I can shoot as much as I want, all day, and never run out of battery. (Realistically a big shooting day for me is only 400-500 shots. Still...) Given how long my D30, D3100, and now D7200 have lasted I guess I can find some inventory blowout on a couple newer cameras and hoard them away.

lm28469 4y ago
I've shot up to 1000 pics on a single battery with my xt4, I bought a second battery "just in case" that I never used. Even on my m10 monochrom, which has a very poor battery life, I never reached for the spare in normal usage.
- kenneth 4y ago
  I barely charge my A7C ever. I go weeks without a a charge and never really worry. The battery life on cameras these days is just insane
petepete 4y ago
I'm a D500 shooter and don't plan on switching yet. I'll probably pick up a D850 at some point as the prices will inevitably drop as people make the leap and sell off their old gear. I have a nice selection of lenses, I don't want to give them up or use adapters.
helloworld11 4y ago
Seems a bit odd to me. Many older film cameras from the 80s and 70s (or earlier) can still take perfectly decent photos even without a battery. As long as you can guesstimate things correctly and manually control for other settings such as aperture, it becomes easy to do. I've used my old Asahi Pentax for decades sans battery or exposure meter.

lm28469 4y ago

I've shot up to 1000 pics on a single battery with my xt4, I bought a second battery "just in case" that I never used. Even on my m10 monochrom, which has a very poor battery life, I never reached for the spare in normal usage.

kenneth 4y ago
I barely charge my A7C ever. I go weeks without a a charge and never really worry. The battery life on cameras these days is just insane

petepete 4y ago

I'm a D500 shooter and don't plan on switching yet. I'll probably pick up a D850 at some point as the prices will inevitably drop as people make the leap and sell off their old gear. I have a nice selection of lenses, I don't want to give them up or use adapters.

helloworld11 4y ago

Seems a bit odd to me. Many older film cameras from the 80s and 70s (or earlier) can still take perfectly decent photos even without a battery. As long as you can guesstimate things correctly and manually control for other settings such as aperture, it becomes easy to do. I've used my old Asahi Pentax for decades sans battery or exposure meter.