topic Canon 1DX Mk II Problems: How to kill the battery in one easy step. in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Canon 1DX Mk II Problems: How to kill the battery in one easy step.

JohnTh — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 06:58:40 GMT

Hi,

Have your 1DX2. Just pull out any card(s) you have in camera. Just leave the camera in Auto-Off mode (do NOT turn it off from the on/off switch).

Check again in few (two?) days.

Expected:

Battery = alive.

Actual:

Battery = dead

(...or heavily drained out)

IIRC also 5D3 has/had this problem...

I think that a firmware update can fix/enhance this thing.

TIA for the fix 🙂

Waddizzle — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 12:13:42 GMT

Disable the internal GPS when not using the camera. Problem solved.

JohnTh — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 16:35:48 GMT

GPS is always disabled. Problem is NOT solved. 🙂

Waddizzle — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 17:09:45 GMT

@JohnTh wrote:
GPS is always disabled. Problem is NOT solved. 🙂

In that case, I suggest that you turn the camera fully OFF. Standby mode consumes power, too.

jrhoffman75 — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 17:51:53 GMT

Seems like a bug. Call Canon at 1-800-OK-CANON.