Do you store your cameras with the batteries in, or out?

**microlight** · 12-02-2016, 09:45 AM

I leave them in. The K-3II is regularly swapped out, of course. The K-5 has a battery in that I check every few weeks - it's still reading full and in good condition after many months. The *istDS has a couple of CR-V3s in it that seem to last for ages.

lightbox · 12-02-2016, 10:39 AM

Originally posted by UncleVanya

LIthium-Ion batteries don't tend to leak. Alkaline on the other hand is quite prone to it.

+1 regarding alkalines

I've had numerous AA's and button-cell alkalines leak.

**lithedreamer** · 12-02-2016, 11:04 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by kjphilippona

This happend to my K50 along with all the fine focus adjustments were reset

Note to self, write these down somewhere if I ever AF tune my lenses.

**Alex645** · 12-02-2016, 11:07 AM

I do not remove the standard camera battery during storage or long periods between usage and (knock on wood) have never had them leak. I have had problems with spares that were left out of the camera for long periods lose their 'memory'. Sometimes I could recondition them, and sometimes they couldn't take or hold a charge. This seems to happen when left out of the camera, but not when it slowly drains in the camera.

I have had both disposable and rechargeable Ni-Cad and Ni-mH AA size batteries leak from every brand. I've never had that problem with Li-Ion but they have been known to spontaneously overheat/melt/combust, and therefore I don't risk that either if it is the AA type.

Also problems with the manufacture brands have been rare to none. Whereas the Watson, Pearstone, or Wasabi versions have been problematic over time.

TaoMaas · 12-02-2016, 11:48 AM

Originally posted by VoiceOfReason

Mine always have the batteries in them unless I am charging them.

Same here. The cameras I use most often always have the batteries in them. I've removed the batteries from my film cameras but that's because I haven't used them in several years.

E-man · 12-02-2016, 12:20 PM - **1 Like**

I leave them in because I'm lazy.

reh321 · 12-02-2016, 01:56 PM

Originally posted by E-man

I leave them in because I'm lazy.

I'm not sure what is meant by the word "store".

I have two types of cameras:
(1) those I currently use
(2) those which I formerly used and keep around either for backup or for sentimental reasons

I consider the cameras in group (2) to be "stored", even though they are in the same closet, just a few feet away, from my "active" cameras. None of those cameras currently has a battery in it, of course.

Currently there are two cameras in group (1) - my Q-7 and my K-30. I classify myself as a "low volume" user. I take maybe 2500 pictures per year, but my photography patterns are not wholly predictable; before my recent trip to Calif to help my daughter drive back to Indiana, I knew that my Q-7 would be used, and my K-30 would not be used, fairly continually over a ten-day period. That is something of an exception, however. I never know when my wife may yell something like "Look what's in the back yard", so I always have my active cameras loaded and ready to go {and I rotate batteries roughly weekly}.

jddwoods · 12-02-2016, 05:11 PM

I leave the batteries in my K-5 and K-3 so they are always ready. I keep a third battery on standby for the K-3 grip or if one of the in camera batteries is going close to needing a recharge

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12-02-2016, 09:45 AM	#31
microlight Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,129	I leave them in. The K-3II is regularly swapped out, of course. The K-5 has a battery in that I check every few weeks - it's still reading full and in good condition after many months. The *istDS has a couple of CR-V3s in it that seem to last for ages.

12-02-2016, 10:39 AM	#32
lightbox Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 599	Originally posted by UncleVanya LIthium-Ion batteries don't tend to leak. Alkaline on the other hand is quite prone to it. +1 regarding alkalines I've had numerous AA's and button-cell alkalines leak.

12-02-2016, 11:04 AM - 2 Likes	#33
lithedreamer Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2013 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,799	Originally posted by kjphilippona This happend to my K50 along with all the fine focus adjustments were reset Note to self, write these down somewhere if I ever AF tune my lenses.

12-02-2016, 11:07 AM	#34
Alex645 Site Supporter Join Date: May 2015 Location: Kaneohe, HI Photos: Albums Posts: 3,526	I do not remove the standard camera battery during storage or long periods between usage and (knock on wood) have never had them leak. I have had problems with spares that were left out of the camera for long periods lose their 'memory'. Sometimes I could recondition them, and sometimes they couldn't take or hold a charge. This seems to happen when left out of the camera, but not when it slowly drains in the camera. I have had both disposable and rechargeable Ni-Cad and Ni-mH AA size batteries leak from every brand. I've never had that problem with Li-Ion but they have been known to spontaneously overheat/melt/combust, and therefore I don't risk that either if it is the AA type. Also problems with the manufacture brands have been rare to none. Whereas the Watson, Pearstone, or Wasabi versions have been problematic over time.

12-02-2016, 11:48 AM	#35
TaoMaas Pentaxian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Oklahoma City Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,574	Originally posted by VoiceOfReason Mine always have the batteries in them unless I am charging them. Same here. The cameras I use most often always have the batteries in them. I've removed the batteries from my film cameras but that's because I haven't used them in several years.

12-02-2016, 12:20 PM - 1 Like	#36
E-man Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 678	I leave them in because I'm lazy.

12-02-2016, 01:56 PM	#37
reh321 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: South Bend, IN, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,180	Originally posted by E-man I leave them in because I'm lazy. I'm not sure what is meant by the word "store". I have two types of cameras: (1) those I currently use (2) those which I formerly used and keep around either for backup or for sentimental reasons I consider the cameras in group (2) to be "stored", even though they are in the same closet, just a few feet away, from my "active" cameras. None of those cameras currently has a battery in it, of course. Currently there are two cameras in group (1) - my Q-7 and my K-30. I classify myself as a "low volume" user. I take maybe 2500 pictures per year, but my photography patterns are not wholly predictable; before my recent trip to Calif to help my daughter drive back to Indiana, I knew that my Q-7 would be used, and my K-30 would not be used, fairly continually over a ten-day period. That is something of an exception, however. I never know when my wife may yell something like "Look what's in the back yard", so I always have my active cameras loaded and ready to go {and I rotate batteries roughly weekly}.

12-02-2016, 05:11 PM	#38
jddwoods Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Newark, Delaware Posts: 1,035	I leave the batteries in my K-5 and K-3 so they are always ready. I keep a third battery on standby for the K-3 grip or if one of the in camera batteries is going close to needing a recharge