Battery life
Dec 12, 2019 23:37:44 #
Looking for a ballpark figure on the life of fully charged Nikon EN-EL14a battery in a Nikon D5600 taking movies. Just looking for how long I can expect a battery to last while taking outdoor and indoor pictures without using a flash.
Dec 12, 2019 23:59:52 #
Twice as long as you might think with this attached...
https://www.amazon.com/Neewer-Professional-Vertical-EN-EL14A-Rechargeable/dp/B01F57XUI6
Actually designed for the Nikon D5600 and can take 2 (two) EN-EL14a batteries...
I always use a battery grip on my D7200 for shooting back to back soccer matches...
Help to balance my long glass... and I never have worries about battery level... it's good for more matches than I can handle... lol
Hope this helps or is at least food for thought...
https://www.amazon.com/Neewer-Professional-Vertical-EN-EL14A-Rechargeable/dp/B01F57XUI6
Actually designed for the Nikon D5600 and can take 2 (two) EN-EL14a batteries...
I always use a battery grip on my D7200 for shooting back to back soccer matches...
Help to balance my long glass... and I never have worries about battery level... it's good for more matches than I can handle... lol
Hope this helps or is at least food for thought...
Dec 13, 2019 00:13:34 #
mas24
Loc: Southern CA
trapper1 wrote:
Looking for a ballpark figure on the life of fully charged Nikon EN-EL14a battery in a Nikon D5600 taking movies. Just looking for how long I can expect a battery to last while taking outdoor and indoor pictures without using a flash.
You only own one battery for your D5600? If Nikon Brand batteries are too expensive, you can get other reputable third party camera batteries. Such as Watson or Wasabi. I use Nikon and Watson batteries. And always keep my spare battery fully charged.
Dec 13, 2019 00:17:46 #
Thanks for the reply, it gives me a very good idea of battery life. I assume you are talking of adult soccer matches as they last 90 minutes of action. I reffed soccer for some 24 years, everything from herd ball to NCAA college games. I really miss reffing but I now have to be content with catching Bundesliga and
Premier League games on the tube.
Premier League games on the tube.
Dec 13, 2019 07:18:45 #
I only own one EN-EL14a battery for my Nikon Df. I have not run out of battery power in a day yet.
Dec 13, 2019 08:20:24 #
trapper1 wrote:
Looking for a ballpark figure on the life of fully charged Nikon EN-EL14a battery in a Nikon D5600 taking movies. Just looking for how long I can expect a battery to last while taking outdoor and indoor pictures without using a flash.
According to Imaging Resource, the Nikon manual for the D5600 specifies about 970 shots for optical view but does not specify any number when using Live View. It does recommend having at least one spare battery if this mode is used a lot. Did you happen to look at the manual?
Dec 13, 2019 11:52:07 #
Picture Taker
Loc: Michigan Thumb
I don't know about Nikon but with my Canon I go to Battery on the back of my camera and it will show the health of the camera. 3 boxes if green, OK if a red box is showing the battery could fail.
Dec 13, 2019 11:56:10 #
I searched using Google for “D5600 video battery life”. The answers differ greatly from about 30 minutes to over an hour. One user said “it varies greatly depending on the type of video”. Nikons site shows that as well higher resolution video takes more battery. Most users recommended the extra battery.
I recommend you do a test. Set up the camera in the mode you intend to use it and start recording video. You can put it on a tripod and videotape the fish tank if you want. Continue recording until the battery is exhausted. That is your answer.
Question: Have you calculated the storage needed for the time you wish to record and do you have sufficient space on your SD card?
I recommend you do a test. Set up the camera in the mode you intend to use it and start recording video. You can put it on a tripod and videotape the fish tank if you want. Continue recording until the battery is exhausted. That is your answer.
Question: Have you calculated the storage needed for the time you wish to record and do you have sufficient space on your SD card?
Dec 13, 2019 15:11:31 #
I expect you know that most DSLRs including yours limits video recording time to 29 Minutes, 59 Seconds!
Dec 13, 2019 15:30:07 #
PHRubin wrote:
I expect you know that most DSLRs including yours limits video recording time to 29 Minutes, 59 Seconds!
20 min for the D5600. Then you just restart it.
Dec 13, 2019 17:13:24 #
PHRubin wrote:
I expect you know that most DSLRs including yours limits video recording time to 29 Minutes, 59 Seconds!
Any camera that can take "a video 30 minutes or more in length" is defined as a "Video" camera and falls into a higher tariff category. Thus the 29 minutes and 59 seconds limit.
Dec 13, 2019 21:09:53 #
trapper1 wrote:
Looking for a ballpark figure on the life of fully charged Nikon EN-EL14a battery in a Nikon D5600 taking movies. Just looking for how long I can expect a battery to last while taking outdoor and indoor pictures without using a flash.
My D3400 uses the same battery. “Supposed” to be good for 1200 shots with flash. Never counted them but 600 is probably more realistic. But I crank up the image brightness, increase viewing time and everything else that is not recommended for long battery life. Do not really care since I always carry a fully charged battery spare for every camera I use. Sorry but can’t help you with video since I don’t shoot video.
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