Do You Leave Your Battery in the Camera? (Page 2): yes.

bull drink water Loc: pontiac mi.

yes.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

bobishkan wrote:

QUESTION: I hear about batteries leaking, causing fires, expanding. Do you leave your batteries in your DSLRs or do you take it out if not used for say two months or so, or even a few days? Anyone have camera damage because of bad batteries. I have several cameras and use only Nikon OEM batteries. Thanks Bob

I shoot often enough that I leave the batteries in the cameras. I've never had one leak. I don't use my IR cameras very often, so they are without their batteries.

However, getting ready for trick or treaters yesterday, I realized the wireless door bell wasn't working. In it were four thoroughly corroded D cells. Time for a new door bell.

travelwp Loc: New Jersey

I have two batteries. After a shoot, I take the battery out of the camera and put it in the charger. I take the fully charged battery out of the charger and put it in the camera until the next shoot.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

I use all sorts of batteries. They all work fine and I have never had one leak. I leave them in the camera.

cthahn

Yes, I leave them in the camera. I want my camera to be ready anytime, any place. You should learn about every type of battery and there pros and cons.

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

I always leave them in the camera and have never had a problem. Remember that the camera body has an inaccessible internal battery for the clock/date memory that is charged by the removable battery.

Michael Emge

I use 1.5V rechargeable Lithium Ion batteries in my Olympus. They are made with lithium ion polymer so they cannot leak. For more information see unbatteries.com. The ones I use are AA size (AAA are also available). Another advantage of these batteries is that they maintain at a constant 1.5 volts until they are out of juice.

BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD

The most my cameras go with out use is about 2-3 weeks so I don't take these batteries out but I do remove the double A batteries from the flash units.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I have three batteries per camera. I rotate my batteries on a weekly basis. So, they are mostly fully charged most of the time. I've never had a problem, and hope never to have one.
--Bob

bobishkan wrote:

QUESTION: I hear about batteries leaking, causing fires, expanding. Do you leave your batteries in your DSLRs or do you take it out if not used for say two months or so, or even a few days? Anyone have camera damage because of bad batteries. I have several cameras and use only Nikon OEM batteries. Thanks Bob

Jeffcs Loc: Myrtle Beach South Carolina

Only battery issues are from AA or AAA batteries in strobes
Never leave a camera empty or with a dead battery
Don't know why but I just don't!

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

bobishkan wrote:

QUESTION: I hear about batteries leaking, causing fires, expanding. Do you leave your batteries in your DSLRs or do you take it out if not used for say two months or so, or even a few days? Anyone have camera damage because of bad batteries. I have several cameras and use only Nikon OEM batteries. Thanks Bob

I only use OEM batteries. Cause I can. If my camera's are going to sit for more than a month I remove the batteries. I have never had a problem with the new batteries from Nikon or Sony leaving them in longer. On AA and AAA batteries my old habit of removing them after use is still alive, usually on my flash units. I have always done this and will always continue to do so. In the old film days when my Nikon camera's were powered by AA batteries, I removed them after each day of shooting, old habits die hard.
But with the new batteries from Nikon, I have never experienced a problem leaving them in even longer than a month.

johneccles Loc: Leyland UK

Yes, except when charging.

Jakebrake Loc: Broomfield, Colorado

I have three DSLR bodies, and it may be a while before I use a particular one, so I'm in the habit of after an outing, I do the following; download the images to my desktop, laptop and external hard drive. After confirming the images have transferred I format the card and remove the battery. I then blow out the sensor cavity with a rocket blower, wipe the body down put a body cap on and put it in it's case. I do the same with the lens. Then off to PSE or Topaz for some PP. (which is my least favorite part of photography. I hate sitting in front of my computer doing post processing, thus I try to get it right in the camera.)

I do have a Canon G3X with an EVF that is always fully charged at hand, and goes with me everywhere I go, for the impromptu photo opportunities that may present themselves.

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

I consider a serious mistake to leave the battery in the camera specially for an extended period of time. There is always the possibility of leakage with the disastrous result of oxidation in battery contacts and inner parts that could be vital for the camera performance.
I always keep the battery off camera when not in use or if I do not expect to use the camera for several days. Even if I do not use the battery I recharge it every two weeks or so.
Never a problem.

hankm1 Loc: Mount Prospect IL

I leave in except for charging, but do physically check them every couple weeks during inactive periods.