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Hi all,
I love my D500 but I am having real trouble with the battery life. I am using the following equipment:
- Genuine MB-D17 grip
- 2x genuine EN-EL15 Li-Ion20 batteries (one manufactured June 2016, the other April 2017)
- 2x genuine MH-25a chargers
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and SnapBridge turned off in camera (in other words, I've enabled Airplane Mode)
Camera has firmware version C 1.13, LD 2.016
Touch controls disabled
MB-D17 battery type set to LR6/AA Alkaline (the other options are HR6/AA-Ni-MH and FR6/Lithium) - I'm using one of the EN-EL15 batteries in this and the MB-D17 battery is used first, then the body's battery.
Cards:
- Lexar 2933x 64GB XQD
- SanDisk Extreme PRO 95MB/s 64GB SDXC
I am struggling to get 500 shots per charge on a single battery - I should be getting about 1,200 according to Nikon's documentation? Doesn't matter if I put the older or newer battery in the grip, still getting poor results and also poor results when used in the body too (without the grip).
I purchased all of this from Wex in July 2017 - was going to call them today but they're closed, so will call tomorrow and see what they suggest.
Anybody here got the same issues or any suggestions?
I love my D500 but I am having real trouble with the battery life. I am using the following equipment:
- Genuine MB-D17 grip
- 2x genuine EN-EL15 Li-Ion20 batteries (one manufactured June 2016, the other April 2017)
- 2x genuine MH-25a chargers
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and SnapBridge turned off in camera (in other words, I've enabled Airplane Mode)
Camera has firmware version C 1.13, LD 2.016
Touch controls disabled
MB-D17 battery type set to LR6/AA Alkaline (the other options are HR6/AA-Ni-MH and FR6/Lithium) - I'm using one of the EN-EL15 batteries in this and the MB-D17 battery is used first, then the body's battery.
Cards:
- Lexar 2933x 64GB XQD
- SanDisk Extreme PRO 95MB/s 64GB SDXC
I am struggling to get 500 shots per charge on a single battery - I should be getting about 1,200 according to Nikon's documentation? Doesn't matter if I put the older or newer battery in the grip, still getting poor results and also poor results when used in the body too (without the grip).
I purchased all of this from Wex in July 2017 - was going to call them today but they're closed, so will call tomorrow and see what they suggest.
Anybody here got the same issues or any suggestions?