Originally posted by bigbaz Hi
The first 20 or so shots were taken with the 55-300 PLM and every other shot since then with a 70-210 f4. SDM
At around a 100 shots the battery icon has shown half charge, (neither my KP or my previous K70 have done that) and not having a spare battery I’ve had to recharged the original every time before leaving home.
Barry
I was out a couple of times the last weeks with the Mark III for 1-3 hours. Taking more than 300 shots, mostly with continuous shooting. All with the DFA 150-450. GPS transfer via Bluetooth on (as long as it was connected to my phone, but that's another thing...). Kept the camera at least in standby all the time and never had less than 2/3 of battery (one of the three segments off). I don't think that the 70-200 drains the battery more than the 150-450.
I have the back lcd on, but with energy savings to high (don't know how the menu is titled in english, the thing where the back lcd shuts off faster). Also a lot of replay of the images.
And: I have different batteries (original D-Li90). I don't know which one is in the camera. Some of them are more than 5 years old and still work fine.
Two things that come in mind: Do you have the the latest 1.01 firmware? They say they improved stability when battery power is low. Maybe it also changed the display of battery power (haven't looked at that before and after updating).
And how often did you charge that battery by now? New LiIon batteries need a few cycles before getting full power.
From what I know by now of that camera and previous models (K-5, K-1) i'd expect at least 500 photos from one battery without any problem (maybe except if you constantly use live view). I even 'managed' to leave the camera switched "on" (it switched to standby of course) when putting it in the backpack and noticed the next day... Without any big drain of the battery.
I would suggest to update to fw 1.01 if not already done and make a few (3-5) cycles of using the battery until the camera says "empty" and then fully charging it again.