topic Re: How many shots before the R3 battery is drained in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

How many shots before the R3 battery is drained

inkjunkie — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 19:57:07 GMT

Well aware that this is a very vague question. I am thinking about getting a new body. I currently shoot with a 7D Mark II, a 1DX, a 1DX Mark II and Mark III. I shoot motorsports. Lot of very low light stuff. Love my 1DX Mark III. Love the fact that I can get over 3k images a battery. Not really concerned with the fact that Canon has pulled the plug on mirrored bodies. But I am intrigued by the R3. Spent some time talking with a friend that has one, he told me that the R3 is an incredible piece of equipment...sadly battery life is far from incredible. I understand that the R3 is all electronic which does not help in regards to battery life. I have read all sorts of reviews on line, many of which say that 600 or so shots is about it on an R3 battery. Just looking for honest answers. Thanks

Re: How many shots before the R3 battery is drained

jrhoffman75 — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 23:16:57 GMT

Here's info from Canon website. Seems a little better than 1D X III used in full Live View mode.

Re: How many shots before the R3 battery is drained

Lotus7 — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 14:18:15 GMT

As the Canon CIPA numbers provided by John state, the R3 should be able to produce about 620 shots with a new, fully charged LP-E19 battery. I don't have a R3, but my personal experience with the R5 and the R is that the Canon CIPA numbers are accurate. Canon rates the R5 at 220 to 490 shots on a 15.3 W/hr LP-E6NH and I typically get up to 500 shots using the BG-R10 Battery Grip (2X LP-E6NH or 30.6 W/hr) with all viewing through the OLED Viewfinder, IBIS usually on, and very little image review using the LCD screen .

Since the R3 uses a LP-E19 (29.7 W/hr) 500-600 shots should be achievable assuming you don't use shutter button pre-focus or back focus or long viewing on the LCD screen excessively.

I also shoot some motorsports with the R5, and one caveat which may or may not also apply to the R3 is that the highest frame rate shooting (at least on the R5 at 12 fps) is not available when the battery charge drops below 60%.

Have no idea if this also applies to the R3, but on the R5 w/Battery Grip I always carry extra batteries and switch them out when either one drops below 60% when I'm shooting at Road America and Mid-Ohio.

Re: How many shots before the R3 battery is drained

ricardom — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:38:34 GMT

I realize that this is an old question, however I wanted to say that I regularly shoot 6,000 - 8,000 images with a single battery at airshows. This is using electronic shutter, back button focus, focus tracking, and 30fps with the RF100-300mm f/2.8 lens.

Re: How many shots before the R3 battery is drained

marklaing — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:20:39 GMT

I get an entire five-hour cross-country meet of about 2,500 shots and some video off one R3 battery. Even shooting just video rarely involves using more than one battery.

Re: How many shots before the R3 battery is drained

justadude — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 18:07:18 GMT

Shots per charge using the same exact battery on the same exact camera can vary a ridiculous amount depending on how the camera is being used. For example, on my R6 Mk ll on average I will get 700 - 800 per charge. If I am at an event and doing a lot of quick, redundant type shots over a few hours, I can easily get 3,000 out of the same battery.