FZ28/FZ18 battery life (1 Viewer)

StuartReeves

Local rarity

• Mar 10, 2009

• #1

A friend of mine is thinking of buying a FZ28, but couldn't find any information about battery life. Could any of the FZ18 or FZ28 users here shed any light about how long a charged-up battery will last in normal use?

Thanks in advance,

Stuart

 

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Cactusdave

Well-known member

• Mar 10, 2009

• #2

Battery life is pretty good on the FZ18. Always wise to have a spare charged battery with you but Panasonic quote about 400 pics per charge at 20C.

 

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kittykat23uk

Well-known member

• Mar 11, 2009

• #3

In my experience the battery normally lasts about a day and a half on safari with heavy shooting (burst mode), review and deletion of shots afterwards, but it depends on the make. If It helps, I bought five batteries in total for a trip to Botswana because for half the time we were camping so did not have access to electricity, so that was from the 7th to the 14th November and I think I still had two fully charged batteries left.

The powermart brand (ebay) do not last as long. I got one Hahnel battery which is very good, and two others from 7dayshop which are also very good.

 

Swissboy

Sempach, Switzerland

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• May 7, 2009

• #4

kittykat23uk said:

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The powermart brand (ebay) do not last as long. I got one Hahnel battery which is very good, and two others from 7dayshop which are also very good.

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I have Impacts which I bought from B&H. They are rated at a somewhat higher capacity than the originals, and that difference is quite noticeable.

 

PSYL

Member

• May 8, 2009

• #5

I have not yet have any problems with the battery in my FZ18 so far *knock on wood*. I take about 100-200 photos per outing (of about 2-3 hours), and it never ran out of juice. And I always charge just before I go to sleep so it's ready for the next day.

 

njlarsen

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Opus Editor

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• May 9, 2009

• #6

PSYL said:

I have not yet have any problems with the battery in my FZ18 so far *knock on wood*. I take about 100-200 photos per outing (of about 2-3 hours), and it never ran out of juice. And I always charge just before I go to sleep so it's ready for the next day.

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I chose to have two (original) batteries; I dont change before the one in the camera reports low power, and then will soon recharge; I have never had both run down on the same day. The part of letting the battery run down before recharging should increase overall battery life, I think.

Niels

 

Swissboy

Sempach, Switzerland

Supporter

• May 10, 2009

• #7

njlarsen said:

....... The part of letting the battery run down before recharging should increase overall battery life, I think.

Niels

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From what I read that is only true for Ni/Cd batteries. Panasonic uses Li-Ion technique, and apparently you can charge without such worries whenever you want.