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Posted: Fri Feb 10th, 2017 15:56

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Robert

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Not understanding what has caused this topic re-surface, however, perhaps I might add that another cause of the battery drain could be long exposure noise reduction, I understand it's about the same duration as the exposure itself. That would be another drain on the battery, almost like taking two exposures.

Just in case somebody happens to pull this thread out with a search.

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Posted: Sat Feb 11th, 2017 04:06

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Eric

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Robert wrote:
Not understanding what has caused this topic re-surface, however, perhaps I might add that another cause of the battery drain could be long exposure noise reduction, I understand it's about the same duration as the exposure itself. That would be another drain on the battery, almost like taking two exposures.

Just in case somebody happens to pull this thread out with a search.

I remember taking night exterior shots of a hotel using the D1X tethered to a laptop. The D1 series batteries were notoriously poor, but I drained 2 batteries doing long exposures on one shoot! In those days I shot 3or 4 of each image ...so I could lose the noise by superimposition. I guess with today's NR in camera I would have only neeeded one battery.

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Posted: Sat Feb 11th, 2017 04:49

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Eric wrote:
Robert wrote:
Not understanding what has caused this topic re-surface, however, perhaps I might add that another cause of the battery drain could be long exposure noise reduction, I understand it's about the same duration as the exposure itself. That would be another drain on the battery, almost like taking two exposures.

Just in case somebody happens to pull this thread out with a search.

I remember taking night exterior shots of a hotel using the D1X tethered to a laptop. The D1 series batteries were notoriously poor, but I drained 2 batteries doing long exposures on one shoot! In those days I shot 3or 4 of each image ...so I could lose the noise by superimposition. I guess with today's NR in camera I would have only neeeded one battery.

Yes I think you are correct Eric.

However the D5xxx and D3xxx batteries are much lower powered compared to the professional Dx models and semi-professional camera Dxx and Dxxx models battery versions.

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Posted: Sun Mar 12th, 2017 11:39

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I still use my D5100 for copy work but with an external power adapter.
Agree with the above comments.
One thing that I found was that the D5100 battery meter was inaccurate in displaying remaining usage.
It could drop from 50% to near zero within a few shots depending upon usage.
The D610 is much more accurate in it's readings.
Always carry an extra battery.

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