cliff Hilbert Loc: Plano, TX

How many of you take the camera battery out when you are not going to use the camera for a few days or weeks?

f8lee Loc: New Mexico

Next time will be the first time I do that.

Which is to say, never.

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

I used to do that a long time ago, but got tired of having to reset everything when I powered the camera back up. The internal "keep-alive" battery would go dead after a couple of months.

Now I leave the batteries installed, but check and recharge them every four weeks or so.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Perhaps months or years.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

I typically use my camera more often than that.

Bill_de Loc: US

I have more cameras than I need. Every one has a battery in it. If I go for a long time without using a particular camera, it gets a fresh battery and the one it replaced gets a fresh charge. It's an old habit from the days when batteries didn't hold a charge as long as they do today.

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Soul Dr. Loc: Beautiful Shenandoah Valley

The only time I take batteries out of my cameras is when they need charging. They are replaced with a fresh one while the one replaced is charging.

will

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I leave the batteries in the cameras and check them once a month, along with the spares.
Charge as required.
No need to reset/re-enter stuff in the camera.

Warhorse Loc: SE Michigan

"What he said" I do the same.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

I only remove the batteries from any equipment when charging and long term storage (30 days or longer)

Bultaco Loc: Aiken, SC

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

BebuLamar

I don't remove the battery in my camera because removing the main battery for a long time would cause the internal battery to be discharged. If the battery is in the discharged state for a long time it can be damaged and replacing the internal battery in most cameras requires sending the camera back to manufacturers for service.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

I remove disposable batteries from seldom used devices, like film cameras when I store them after using them. I don’t remove the lithium batteries from my digital cameras when I store them.

Stan

dbrugger25 Loc: Raleigh, NC

I am experiencing an issue with brand-new Canon LP-EL batteries. I recently bought a Canon Speedlight EL-5 for my Canon R-7. When it arrived I immediately charged the included battery for about 8 hours and the charger light indicated a full charge. I installed it in the flash and used it for about 5 test photos. Two days later, with the flash turned off, it was too dead to power the flash. I fully recharged it and, again it was dead in about 2 days.

I called Canon Support and they suggested that I contact B and H, who promptly exchanged the entire flash with a replacement. They were more than great.

I charged the new battery to 100% and installed it. In just a few hours it registered 93% and overnight, 89%. Again, I fully recharged it and in about ten hours it was down to 89% and It was not in the flash.

I know new lithium-ion batteries need some break-in of several cycles to be at their best but this means that, before any substantial use, I will have to start out with a freshly charged battery and no confidence about how long it will last. I have never had such rapid self-discharge problems with Canon camera batteries which use the same charger.