SX280 - battery life shooting video

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05-01-2013 07:10 PM - edited 05-05-2013 10:54 AM
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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06-09-2013 10:07 PM

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06-09-2013 11:03 PM
you gotta search for "sx280hs"
obviously somebody has not put the proper metadata search data in for the camera.

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06-10-2013 12:37 AM
Holy smokes, did you read the reviews on the Bestbuy product page? I think we've found the 12 people who got lucky with their 280, and they all wrote glowing reviews (great zoom, etc), all.

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06-10-2013 09:47 AM

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06-10-2013 10:22 AM

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06-10-2013 10:49 AM - edited 06-10-2013 02:06 PM

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06-10-2013 01:12 PM
True. That's why I focus on the negative or less complimentary reviews on Amazon, Best Buy, etc. first. Many of the reviews at the camera review websites even tend to minimize any flaws they find in their favored brands.

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06-10-2013 03:52 PM
Ignore the 1's - too critical and written by people that are anti-product or had bad experiences with any part of the product, from purchase to use.
Always look at the 2's first. That's where the serious reviewers have good critiques.
Still, you need to read between the lines and guess if the reviewer has the same critereia as you.

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06-10-2013 03:54 PM
When the battery shuts off during video recording, does it try to do one last write to the memory card or is all lost?

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06-10-2013 04:10 PM
@rft_canon wrote:
ONE BIG QUESTION -
When the battery shuts off during video recording, does it try to do one last write to the memory card or is all lost?
It finalizes the movie clip correctly on card and then shuts down - first saying "working" or so ...
