topic Re: Canon M50 battery life with EF-S lens? in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Canon M50 battery life with EF-S lens?

ricky6 — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 07:38:35 GMT

Hi everyone. I just upgraded from the standard 15-45mm EF-M lens on my M50 to an EF-S 55-250mm telephoto lens. However, I felt like the camera’s battery lasted less than it did before with the smaller lens. Has anyone been in a similar situation with larger telephoto lenses or am I just going crazy? Thank you!

Re: Canon M50 battery life with EF-S lens?

Waddizzle — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 09:59:16 GMT

I agree. Battery life seems reduced with most EF and EF-S lenses. The larger EF-S lenses do present a noticeably larger load on the battery than the EF-M lenses.

Re: Canon M50 battery life with EF-S lens?

krahe — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 18:00:17 GMT

I don't have experience with the EF-S 55-250mm, but I do have an EF 75-300mm and I believe it does drain the battery more than any of my EF-M lenses, if for no other reason than that there's more and heavier hardware for it to move around. You definitely need to have extra charged batteries around for the M50 I've found. I have three and cycle through them regularly.