Do You Leave Your Battery in the Camera? (Page 3): Take them out to charge, otherwise they're always in the camera...

Blaster34 Loc: Florida Treasure Coast

Take them out to charge, otherwise they're always in the camera

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

CO wrote:

They should be taken out. I take the battery out of my camera when I return home after a photo shoot. This is from my D500 manual.

I think the extended period is somewhat vague. For some photographers 2 weeks may be an extended period. For others it may be 2 years. I have never taken batteries out of a camera except to charge it. I have 4 batteries for my D800 and when I take one out I put in a fresh charged battery. But there is always a battery in the camera.

Dennis

rmm0605 Loc: Atlanta GA

Bobnewnan wrote:

Never had a problem. Only take them out when they need recharging.

The same for me. I take them out for charging. I also inspect them to make sure nothing is leaking, etc. So far, so good.

chrisdean

First Post from ageing amateur photographer

I have for the last 30 years or so had two camera bodies with a spare battery for each one (i.e.4 batteries) - so every time I upgraded cameras I had to get another spare and despatch the old one with the camera to a buyer.

Thank you Nikon ! I've recently added a D810 to my D7200 and was delighted to find that, for the first time the batteries are the same; this means that my single spare battery will fit either body as required. Convenient as well as economical !

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

chrisdean wrote:

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And do you leave your battery in the camera?

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

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

If your camera takes regular AA batteries, then yes, I'd take em out. They will leak. But most of the newer cameras today use smart batteries that don't leak.

TJBNovember Loc: Long Island, New York

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 prefer not to leave batteries in my cameras when they are not being used for an extended period of time. I’ll be having knee surgery soon and will not be out and about for a bit so all my cameras will be battery less for the duration. More a case of better safe then sorry. I never leave any standard AA, AAA, C, D or 9volt in any flash, remote or other accessory that is not being used on a daily basis.

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

Even with Airplane Mode turned "on" I always open the battery compartment hatch and release the battery contacts. That minimises battery drain. And reconnection is a snap.

MidnightManiac

Leave the batteries in my grips all the time taking them out only to charge them, put them back in when charging is complete. Have never had a battery leak in my grips. In my speedlite i use AA Eneloops I recharge them and leave them out of the flash, never had one of those leak but they are AA and that I would not chance.

3dees

I'll leave batteries in my camera and grip unless I don't plan on taking pics for a while. between my age and a bad back a while could be two weeks or two months. in that case I will take them out. I don't worry about them leaking, but they will drain. I remember times when I wanted to take a quick photo only to find my batteries drained.

chrisdean

Yes, because both cameras are in regular use, so less danger of running down unexpectedly. As I always carry my spare, it can be swapped for a depleted one and charged when I get home - it then becomes the spare.

If necessary, battery can also be swapped from one camera to the other (saves the trouble of swapping the lenses over !)

GENorkus Loc: Washington Twp, Michigan

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

Maybe if I were to put away my camera for a year or more, (not going to happen), I'd remove the battery(s). I use my camera! (Enough said?)

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

Chiming in, when batteries were AA I always took them out after a shoot. Still take the AAs out of my speedlights when not in use. With the lithiums that DSLRs take, I have 3 cameras but usually only carry 2 with me. The third gets the battery taken out, put in a ziplock bag, camera goes in a separate ziplock with desiccant bags until I am ready to use it again. Call me cautious but I really like my gear.

CamB Loc: Juneau, Alaska

Another great topic that I have never thought about before. My cameras always have battery’s in them. I would never want to grab one in a hurry and discover I had no power. Different with flash. Never leave them in. Don’t trust those AA. Duracell bought me a new F3 motor drive when there battery’s trashed one of mine.

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

Smudgey Loc: Ohio, Calif, Now Arizona

In the camera, but I use the camera enough that they are rotated due to recharging.