Disappointed in Number of pictures taken with Nikon D5100

[manaheim]

I think OP evaporated, guys.

 

[sleist]

I think OP evaporated, guys.

He'll come back. I know he will.

Just as soon as the republicans decide the country is more important than their own agenda ...

Ooops, did I just sat that?

 

[480sparky]

I think OP evaporated, guys.

He's recharging the battery for his laptop.

 

[yioties]

I was at my brother in laws wedding on Sunday and took over 700 shots 3/4 with flash and still had over 1/2 a battery!

 

[julianliu]

quit listening to suggested cause is the way you take pic. that's no way it should take such few pic as the way you did with a good battery.

You said " this happens no matter which battery I'm using or which lens, still the same problem." I would doubt it's a defective battery, now I suspect the problem may be the camera... let Nikon know all this information should help them diagnose the issue.

 

[StandingBear1983]

OP is full of BS, i shot 750 photos a week ago on a surfing 2 hour session with my D5100 (most on continues, i worked the buffer hard), and i used only 3/4 of the battery (hardly used the lcd screen).

 

[The_Traveler]

OP is full of BS, i shot 750 photos a week ago on a surfing 2 hour session with my D5100 (most on continues, i worked the buffer hard), and i used only 3/4 of the battery (hardly used the lcd screen).

Were you using the OP's camera?

 

[otherprof]

Possibly off the mark, but you do say you don't take many pictures. Does the battery sit for long periods of time between charge and "low"? They do lose charge just sitting there.

 

[CaptainNapalm]

Possibly off the mark, but you do say you don't take many pictures. Does the battery sit for long periods of time between charge and "low"? They do lose charge just sitting there.

Hardly. I use to loose one percent of battery for every few weeks the camera was just sitting there. I doubt that's the issue.

 

[Jeff1966]

I thank you all for the GREAT advice. I talked to Nikon this evening. They are returning my camera "un-repairable". I said un-repairable because they found and problem and it can't be repaired or they didn't find a problem and they are returning. After being on hold ... the customer service person said that the repair dept. took 300 pictures and still had a full charge battery. So I'm OK with that, sounds like operator error on my part. Although I wish I had asked what settings it was one. I'll just keep all the same settings it has when I get it back. Big THANKS for all the suggestions!

 

[CaptainNapalm]

I thank you all for the GREAT advice. I talked to Nikon this evening. They are returning my camera "un-repairable". I said un-repairable because they found and problem and it can't be repaired or they didn't find a problem and they are returning. After being on hold ... the customer service person said that the repair dept. took 300 pictures and still had a full charge battery. So I'm OK with that, sounds like operator error on my part. Although I wish I had asked what settings it was one. I'll just keep all the same settings it has when I get it back. Big THANKS for all the suggestions!

If the rep told you that the repair department took 300 photos with your camera and it still has a full charge then there is also something wrong with that. That's a lie. If you obey all the battery saving tricks your charge will still be at lest half drained after 300++ pics. I just hope they're not bull***** you.

 

[manaheim]

^ you sure about that? If I took 300 pics in a row with my D800 with no chimping and no flash I'd be pretty surprised if it wasn't at full charge. And the d800 is a pig on batteries.

 

[480sparky]

If the camera comes back with your memory card in it, then the EXIF data for the 300 shots they took will tell the truth.

 

[CaptainNapalm]

^ you sure about that? If I took 300 pics in a row with my D800 with no chimping and no flash I'd be pretty surprised if it wasn't at full charge. And the d800 is a pig on batteries.

The D800 battery is rated for probably 900 shots vs the D5100 for about 600. Anyways, perhaps you won't get a half battery drain after 300 continuous shots with little use of LCD screen on the D5100 but having owned the camera for a few months I am sure that 300 shots will deplete at least a good 1/3 of your battery. There won't be a near full charge after even 250 shots. But like I said earlier, I use to monitor my battery performance when I owned that camera and even shooting with no flash and no live view on auto shows for example when I ended up with say 200 to 300 shots within an hour my battery would be 1/4 to 1/3 gone.

 

[Jeff1966]

If the rep told you that the repair department took 300 photos with your camera and it still has a full charge then there is also something wrong with that. That's a lie. If you obey all the battery saving tricks your charge will still be at lest half drained after 300++ pics. I just hope they're not bull***** you.[/QUOTE]00

Well at this point, I've sent it back to Nikon twice, too late to return to Sam's, it's my first DSLR so I'm not about to go spent another $600+ so all I can do is take the suggestions I've got from this site. I love everything about except this issue. But one thing I do wonder... does Nikon send some "hourly employee" out to take 300 pictures or do they put my camera on some kind of machine that takes pictures automatically. Hmmmm And I did not sent my chip with the camera.