Where do you store your battery?

[Sim]

Do you take your battery out of your camera when you're not using it, even if it's just for a day or two? I know someone who takes his battery out of his video camera every time he turns it off...

I'm sure this has been raised here before but I didn't come across anything when I searched.

 

[reg]

I store it in my camera.

 

[Parkerman]

Def stays in my camera... I would kick myself in the nuts had i missed a photo because i took the battery out.

 

[Josh66]

Umm... Yeah, mine's in my camera, and the spare is in the camera bag.

 

[chrisburke]

for my still cameras i leave them in, but i take them out of my video camera (Sony DCRVX1000) for some reason it drains really quickly when I leave it in

 

[Overread17 5]

Stills cameras don't appear to drain any/very much at all - when left in the camera. Infact I recall reading some photographers that left their cameras on by mistake - of course they went into powersave mode - and stayed like that for a very long time!

In camera is the best place for them - like your memory card - both ready for the next shot!

 

[Sim]

Interesting. Thanks for the replies... Glad to hear no one's had problems with battery leaks which was really my only concern.

 

[momofthing1and2]

Mine stays in the camera too.

 

[goodoneian]

i usually leave it in my camera or charger.

i left my d300 on for like 3 days once by accident and it still had 2 bars of charge left ;D

 

[Harmony]

Mine is always in camera and when I take a spare with me I always keep it in a pocket, close to my skin. It keeps it warm and keeps the battery's juice in the battery... but I only do that because I'm always out when it's cold. And I live in Vancouver. It rains alot here, so my camera bag almost always has a 'rainjacket' on, and it's just too much hassle to undo everything for a battery. Keeping the spare on me is a lot more convenient.

 

[dhilberg]

If I know I'm not going to be using my camera for a while (> a few days) I take the battery out. This is probably unnecessary but it's a habit I picked up when I used to shoot with a Nikon N65. If I left the batteries in for an extended period, even while off, the frame indicator on the LCD would drain them. Then I'd have to fork out $12 for another pair at the store. Really annoying when I would grab the camera for some shots, only to find out the batteries are dead.

 

[TamiyaGuy]

Yep, mine always stays in my camera. I've quite often left the camera on as well (sometimes for two weeks), and when I use it again, the battery is fine.

 

[Alex_B]

unless you leave it in there without use for years, it won't leak.

I have one of my batteries in camera, all the time, the spares are in the camera bag. when i go outside when it is quite cold, one of the spares is on my body to be warm and efficient when i put it in the camera.

 

[Dao]

One in the camera and one in the bag (with the battery cover) or charger. And once in a while I left the camera turn on accidentally and thanks to the power saving mode, the battery still have a lot of juice.

 

[chrisburke]

i have a battery grip on my D40, which takes 2 batteries.. there is an on switch on that as well as the camera.. I often forget to turn off the battery grip, which doesnt have an auto off.. and man times i've gone to take a picture and it was dead...