Battery Strategy for when you are short on batteries. at DVinfo.net

Alessandro Machi · April 29th, 2004, 10:21 PM

If you owned a one hour battery and a four hour battery, and you have a video shoot where you may be shooting continuously all day from 9:00 to 5:00 (with a one hour lunch break), which battery would you start with?

Chris Hurd · April 29th, 2004, 10:42 PM

Assuming I can charge a batt on site, I would start with the 1-hour. Use it up and then throw it on the charger. Meanwhile shoot with the 4-hour. By the time it's run down, the 1-hour should be fully charged again.

Alessandro Machi · May 1st, 2004, 09:29 PM

What about swapping back to the 1 hour battery as soon as it is charged?

Michel Brewer · May 2nd, 2004, 12:28 AM

I would buy another battery so I knew I was safe, and if it was a stationary shoot off tripod and I could tap into AC I would use a power supply...of course thats if it was paid :)

Alessandro Machi · May 2nd, 2004, 01:28 AM

Ha.

I'm not recommending a one hour and a 4 hour battery as the only batteries one should own or use, but in this scenario, that's all that is available.

Mike Rehmus · May 2nd, 2004, 03:54 PM

1 hr first then charge
4 hr second then charge
1 hr third then charge
4 hr fourth then charge
1 hr fifth then charge

Ultimately you will run out of battery power as it usually takes longer to charge the battery than to use it in supplying power.

A third battery and at least a 2-hole battery charger would probably keep you shooting all day.

Alessandro Machi · May 2nd, 2004, 04:28 PM

I'm told the Panasonic Batteries made specifically for the DVX-100 actually charge up faster than they can be used.

Mike Rehmus · May 3rd, 2004, 09:00 AM

I'd test before I depended on that.

April 29th, 2004, 10:21 PM	#1
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April 29th, 2004, 10:42 PM	#2
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,366 Images: 513	Assuming I can charge a batt on site, I would start with the 1-hour. Use it up and then throw it on the charger. Meanwhile shoot with the 4-hour. By the time it's run down, the 1-hour should be fully charged again. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

May 1st, 2004, 09:29 PM	#3
Alessandro Machi Major Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Los Angeles, Ca USA Posts: 553	What about swapping back to the 1 hour battery as soon as it is charged? __________________ https://alexlogic.blogspot.com/ Los Angeles Emmy Winner (yes, used a video edit controller and loved doing so.)

May 2nd, 2004, 12:28 AM	#4
Michel Brewer Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ventura California Posts: 179	if you are getting paid I would buy another battery so I knew I was safe, and if it was a stationary shoot off tripod and I could tap into AC I would use a power supply...of course thats if it was paid :) __________________ milking the celebrity criminal trials thank god for the freaks

May 2nd, 2004, 01:28 AM	#5
Alessandro Machi Major Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Los Angeles, Ca USA Posts: 553	Ha. I'm not recommending a one hour and a 4 hour battery as the only batteries one should own or use, but in this scenario, that's all that is available. __________________ https://alexlogic.blogspot.com/ Los Angeles Emmy Winner (yes, used a video edit controller and loved doing so.)

May 2nd, 2004, 03:54 PM	#6
Mike Rehmus Wrangler Join Date: May 2002 Location: Vallejo, California Posts: 4,049	1 hr first then charge 4 hr second then charge 1 hr third then charge 4 hr fourth then charge 1 hr fifth then charge Ultimately you will run out of battery power as it usually takes longer to charge the battery than to use it in supplying power. A third battery and at least a 2-hole battery charger would probably keep you shooting all day. __________________ Mike Rehmus Hey, I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel!

May 2nd, 2004, 04:28 PM	#7
Alessandro Machi Major Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Los Angeles, Ca USA Posts: 553	I'm told the Panasonic Batteries made specifically for the DVX-100 actually charge up faster than they can be used. __________________ https://alexlogic.blogspot.com/ Los Angeles Emmy Winner (yes, used a video edit controller and loved doing so.)

May 3rd, 2004, 09:00 AM	#8
Mike Rehmus Wrangler Join Date: May 2002 Location: Vallejo, California Posts: 4,049	I'd test before I depended on that. __________________ Mike Rehmus Hey, I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel!