Olympus OM-D E-M10 II Very Low Battery Life: All of a sudden my battery life has gone down to 2 hours or less. Bought a new battery. Same issue continues. Camera gets warm at grip...

Russch

All of a sudden my battery life has gone down to 2 hours or less. Bought a new battery. Same issue continues. Camera gets warm at grip area. Reverted all settings to Default with no improvement. Anyone have similar issue? Solution? Currently on a trip so carrying 6 batteries with me. Camera seems to function OK. Help is appreciated.
Thanks

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

Russch wrote:

All of a sudden my battery life has gone down to 2 hours or less. Bought a new battery. Same issue continues. Camera gets warm at grip area. Reverted all settings to Default with no improvement. Anyone have similar issue? Solution? Currently on a trip so carrying 6 batteries with me. Camera seems to function OK. Help is appreciated.
Thanks

Go on line and see where in the menus the time settings are for the various shutoffs. If they seem fine, then it may be time to ship it back to Olympus for a check up after your trip. If the grip warms up, the camera must be drawing enough current to develop that much heat. And it is not good to pump that kind of current anywhere in whatever circuits although it sound like the circuits are doing what they are supposed to in handling it..

aphelps Loc: Central Ohio

Russch wrote:

All of a sudden my battery life has gone down to 2 hours or less. Bought a new battery. Same issue continues. Camera gets warm at grip area. Reverted all settings to Default with no improvement. Anyone have similar issue? Solution? Currently on a trip so carrying 6 batteries with me. Camera seems to function OK. Help is appreciated.
Thanks

Are you using continuous focusing? That uses lots of power.

John from gpwmi Loc: Michigan

Call Olympus Tech Support: 888-553-4448

mizzee Loc: Boston,Ma

You also might try turning the LED panel into the back of the camera.

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

Yep. If a new battery did the same thing, I would guess it's a camera issue. I had fast battery drain once on my DSLR. But, I was using live view too consistently. And autofocusing, added to the problem. Also, some cheap aftermarket batteries could be the problem. I use only OEM and Watson batteries.

Russch

aphelps wrote:

Are you using continuous focusing? That uses lots of power.

Thanks for reply
No. Default settings. Been using this camera without any issue for a few years. My concern is the heat it is generating. Guessing some tiny motor is stuck on.

n3eg Loc: West coast USA

Wifi turned on? C-AF instead of S-AF?

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

"Call Olympus Tech Support: 888-553-4448"

papaluv4gd Loc: durham,ct

over using C- AF may be the issue. I opt for S-AF/MF.Might be worth a try.

Russch

Don’t use CAF at all. Settings are at Default