Canon 1DX MK iii users: I recently bought the 1DX iii and read that the battery is good for about 3,000 pictures (LP-E19). I have 1000 pictures with the battery still 1/4 charged. Most...

jim quist Loc: Missouri

I recently bought the 1DX iii and read that the battery is good for about 3,000 pictures (LP-E19).

I have 1000 pictures with the battery still 1/4 charged. Most of the pictures I have taken have been outdoors in cold weather so I figure that’s pretty good.

I have also been using the view screen quite a bit learning how to use the camera settings.

What is your experience? How many shots do you get on a charge and under what conditions?

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Sounds like an awesome camera.

jim quist Loc: Missouri

jeep_daddy wrote:

Sounds like an awesome camera.

It is, I wish I could afford to buy another one for a backup.

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jim quist wrote:

It is, I wish I could afford to buy another one for a backup.

A 6D or 5D2 is an affordable backup.

An interesting backup is the 5DSR. It never sold well and is now $1200, USA new, which drives down the used price. Mine was $800. For a bit more than a used 6D, it can be more than a backup. It gives you a capability that the other options don’t provide ... assuming you might occasionally have need of 53MP.

Silver506 Loc: Colorado

jim quist wrote:

I recently bought the 1DX iii and read that the battery is good for about 3,000 pictures (LP-E19).

What is your experience? How many shots do you get on a charge and under what conditions?

At one studio shoot I shot 6,000 images on my MkIII and had battery left if I needed it. YMMV.

Chuck

Notorious T.O.D. Loc: Harrisburg, North Carolina

I have had the 1Dx2 since 2016. I guess my input would be it depends on shooting mode and a few other factors. Live View will use up battery faster as can the GPS settings. I think I have mine set to update GPS location every 5 or 15 minutes... I’m usually shooting in the same general area so that is sufficient. I also have mine set to sleep after a minute as the startup time is like 1/10th second. How long and what you display on the rear screen could also be a factor.

That said in warm weather shooting I get probably 2000-3500 shots on a battery. I bought a spare battery for mine when I purchased it. I also still have an old 1D MkIII which uses a similar battery. So I have 3 batteries for 2 bodies. But the old body really rarely gets used. The high iso capabilities are miles apart.

I have thought about a 3 but will probably wait and see what they come up with as a mirrorless 1D.

jim quist wrote:

I recently bought the 1DX iii and read that the battery is good for about 3,000 pictures (LP-E19).

I have 1000 pictures with the battery still 1/4 charged. Most of the pictures I have taken have been outdoors in cold weather so I figure that’s pretty good.

I have also been using the view screen quite a bit learning how to use the camera settings.

What is your experience? How many shots do you get on a charge and under what conditions?

glennk

Last March I shot 5200 images on a single day of auto racing. I still had 59% battery remaining at the end of the day. Unfortunately, haven't used it much since then (2020 - goodbye). The III, and its battery, are beasts...

Stevewayne23 Loc: Sacramento, CA

Silver506 wrote:

At one studio shoot I shot 6,000 images on my MkIII and had battery left if I needed it. YMMV.

Chuck

Wow, my question would be how you choose the best shots when you take 6,000 photos in one studio shoot? How do you differentiate between what must be hundreds of similar shots?

Notorious T.O.D. Loc: Harrisburg, North Carolina

You can just setup for 16 FPS and hold the shutter down and get the 6,000 shots in about 6.25 minutes. I don’t think that would use much battery...

Don’t know how he sorts his images. But Jeff Cable, who shoots the Olympics, said he shot nearly 85,000 photos at one Olympics and culled it down to 45,000 keepers...

Stevewayne23 wrote:

Wow, my question would be how you choose the best shots when you take 6,000 photos in one studio shoot? How do you differentiate between what must be hundreds of similar shots?

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Notorious T.O.D. wrote:

You can just setup for 16 FPS and hold the shutter down and get the 6,000 shots in about 6.25 minutes. I don’t think that would use much battery...

Don’t know how he sorts his images. But Jeff Cable, who shoots the Olympics, said he shot nearly 85,000 photos at one Olympics and culled it down to 45,000 keepers...

I know that guy. Jeff Cable is a great speaker and he's a wealth of information.

Notorious T.O.D. Loc: Harrisburg, North Carolina

Yes, I follow his blog. He did mention that he rarely used his DSLRs since getting the R5 and R6 bodies...

jeep_daddy wrote:

I know that guy. Jeff Cable is a great speaker and he's a wealth of information.

Silver506 Loc: Colorado

Stevewayne23 wrote:

Wow, my question would be how you choose the best shots when you take 6,000 photos in one studio shoot? How do you differentiate between what must be hundreds of similar shots?

I use Photo Mechanic to cull my images. In this case I was shooting four models who were handling multiple snakes one at a time. I was instructed to only use images where the snake's tongue was out. To capture that I chose to use burst shooting. I first eliminated all images not showing the forked tongue. I then eliminated bad poses, bad snake position, bad model faces (surprise, anguish,closed eyes, etc), and then picked the best of the rest. It took me several days.

Notorious T.O.D. Loc: Harrisburg, North Carolina

Interesting, thanks for sharing...

Silver506 wrote:

I use Photo Mechanic to cull my images. In this case I was shooting four models who were handling multiple snakes one at a time. I was instructed to only use images where the snake's tongue was out. To capture that I chose to use burst shooting. I first eliminated all images not showing the forked tongue. I then eliminated bad poses, bad snake position, bad model faces (surprise, anguish,closed eyes, etc), and then picked the best of the rest. It took me several days.