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SX280 - battery life shooting video

factoryguy
Apprentice

UPDATED May 5:

 

I apologize to the forum for mixing two different problems.  They are unrelated.

 

Problem #1:  User error.  I thought I was using a class 6 SD card but I was wrong. The yellow "!" indicates a pathologically slow card.  Upgrading to a class 10 resolved this problem.

 

Problem #2: UNRESOLVED.  Red battery indicator comes on prematurely.  On a fresh charge, it'll turn red after recording for a couple of minutes.  On a partially drained battery, it turns red immediately upon entering movie mode or pressing the record button.  Turn the camera off and then right back on in "still" mode and it shows full charge and works fine ... until trying to shoot video.  I have not precisely measured recording times but it'll record for at least 20 (maybe 30?) minutes while flashing red.

 

 

 

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I'd say be very careful about installing a firmware that isn't specifically designed for your camera build, by serial number and region. Canon might turn around and void warranty service because you colored outside their lines.

I would say this camera is Canons biggest screw up so far..........

Two of the big spelling points for the sx280 are the zoom and the hd video - both of which seem to kill the battery. It's like buying a car that does everything but get good gas mileage and actually drive. Has ANYONE heard from Canon on whether they now know their firmware fix needs another fix?

I came across this while looking for expert reactions to firmware 1.0.2.0 as opposed to casual users reactions (myself being in the casual user category):

 

http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/06/08/firmware-fridayish-canon-improves-sx280-movie-mode-p...

 


@UnionStation wrote:
Two of the big spelling points for the sx280 are the zoom and the hd video - both of which seem to kill the battery. It's like buying a car that does everything but get good gas mileage and actually drive. Has ANYONE heard from Canon on whether they now know their firmware fix needs another fix?




@videophan wrote:

I came across this while looking for expert reactions to firmware 1.0.2.0 as opposed to casual users reactions (myself being in the casual user category):

http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/06/08/firmware-fridayish-canon-improves-sx280-movie-mode-p...


 

But this is just an anouncement!  No real test report!

I never said it did. Read the next post!


@filipb wrote:

@videophan wrote:

I came across this while looking for expert reactions to firmware 1.0.2.0 as opposed to casual users reactions (myself being in the casual user category):

http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/06/08/firmware-fridayish-canon-improves-sx280-movie-mode-p...


 

But this is just an anouncement!  No real test report!




Yes, I mentioned this inferrence already early on when posting the two points mentioned in the update descripion:

 

http://forums.usa.canon.com/t5/PowerShot/SX280-battery-life-shooting-video/m-p/26907#M1368

and

http://forums.usa.canon.com/t5/PowerShot/SX280-battery-life-shooting-video/m-p/26909#M1369

 

Regards,

Filip.


@videophan wrote:

I never said it did. Read the next post!


@filipb wrote:

@videophan wrote:

I came across this while looking for expert reactions to firmware 1.0.2.0 as opposed to casual users reactions (myself being in the casual user category):

http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/06/08/firmware-fridayish-canon-improves-sx280-movie-mode-p...


 

But this is just an anouncement!  No real test report!





 

So this puts mcasale16 dissapointment with Canon putting the "wrong" firmware release on his repaired camera in a different light!  Technically they were fixing the premature flashing battery indicator (wheter that is actually so is another matter, beyond the repair person's duty I guess) ...

... and at the time of fixing de 1.0.2.0 version was not publicly released, right?

So, we were probably also entertaining the wrong assumption that Canon had a firmware fix that they did not want to release publicly yet.  It is more that they were working on that battery drain problem and wanted to release a firmware update that had both fixes.  Now that it is out, I guess only from now on new camera's and repaired ones will start having it?

 

This also explains why Canon (which rep?) said that the vast majority of the camera's out there did not have the problem, because they would have the 1.0.1.0 release (thought to be bugfree)?

 

Of course Canon (here) has a horrible communication problem, both externally and internally (between the sites)!

 

And it seems that they are still not fully aware of the problem.  But we can't tell, since they don't communicate.  Same with listening to customers complaints with ergonomy in general.

 

What is also strange is that no technical expert has come in here, where in other threads, they do - why is that?  Maybe the engineers felt that the battery was under-dimensioned, but where overruled by Canon management and now they can't speak up?

 

That's the problem with communication, you can't do it properly without a great degree of honesty! 😉

 

Canon, this could be a great camera, please come out in the open, and be a company who leads the way for 21st century business, i.e. transparancy and responsivity is key!

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