Running out of battery is frustrating. The time or number of photos that a battery can last for is hard to predict and depends on the way the camera is used. For example the usage of the flash requires more energy thus taking photos with the flash enabled requires more power and thus empties the battery faster. Professional photographer usually carry a few fully charged batteries with them at all times to make sure that they never run out of battery. Although a good practice this is not always practical for amateur or casual photographers. An alternative is to be aware of what usage requires more power and to use the digital camera in a way that can save power and extend its battery life.
Different digital camera components require different levels of energy to operate. The digital camera LCD screen for example is one of the biggest energy consumers in any digital camera like the Digital SLR camera. The higher the brightness the more energy the LCD requires. If you want to save on battery make sure not to over use the LCD. In fact it is good practice to turn it off altogether by setting it to manual mode. Only use it when you must for example when you need to review a photo that was just taken or if you need to compose a photo and can not use the optical view finder.
The Digital SLR camera mechanical motors are also high energy consumers. For example using the motor to move the lens in order to focus or zoom requires energy. Although you can not avoid using the motors you can try to minimize the time in which they work. For example set the focus mode to single focus mode instead of continuous focus mode unless continuous mode is absolutely necessary. Also do not press and hold the shutter half way to focus unless you intend to shoot a photo. Any such focus activity without shooting a photo just wastes energy.
The Digital SLR camera flash also consumes a lot of energy. In some situations you must use the flash and thus can not avoid its energy consumptions. Sometimes the Digital SLR camera will fire up the flash although it is not really needed. If you know that the ambient light is strong enough and flash usage is not necessary then set the flash to manual mode to avoid unnecessary wasteful usage.
Holding the shutter button half way when you do not intend to take a photo is wasteful. The energy is wasted on the camera trying to focus by using the mechanical motors to move the lens. It is also wasted by a series of electronic chipsets that are woken up and set ready to take the photo. The camera electronic is usually kept at a very low power consumption unless it needs to be used. When the shutter button is pressed the electronics is put in high power consumption as it needs to be ready to capture the photo compress it to JPEG format and save it to memory.
Probably one of the most annoying things that can happen to a cell phone user is to run out of battery power half way through a call. This is something that has happened to everyone and has no doubt been unexpected on at least one occasion. With a cell phone with as many features as the iPhone it is understandable why the battery power can seem to drain quickly. If you are using your iPhone to play music, read emails and send text messages to several friends at the same time you using up a lot of battery power. As a result you will drain the battery quicker than you imagined.
On the Apple website there is a clear explanation of the expected battery life. The thing you need to take into consideration is that this information is only true when you are running a single application. Due to the nature of the iPhone users will often be multitasking and therefore using more battery power and as a result experiencing a shorter battery life.
However, there are several things that you can do to make your iPhone's battery life even longer. Of course, the iPhone isn't known for draining its battery extremely quick, there is always room for a prolonged battery performance. If you follow these tips, than you will have an iPhone that lasts you longer than you could even imagine. Perhaps the best tip that anyone with an iPhone can follow is to simply turn off your Bluetooth if you are not using it. Very little people understand that when you keep your Bluetooth turned on, when you are not using it, you are draining your battery.
The reason that having your Bluetooth switched on even when you are not uses it still drains power is because it has to constantly search for any other Bluetooth devices that might want to pair with your iPhone. If you don't want to pair with another device then switching your Bluetooth off with help improve your battery life.
Another thing you can do is to make sure that you always lock your phone when you have finished using it. Every time you end a call, send a text message or check your email get into the habit of pressing the lock button. Very commonly people will wait for the screen to automatically shut down by itself but by locking it as soon as you have finished using the phone you will be saving precious battery power. You can also use the iPhone's auto lock function so that your phone will automatically lock itself should you forget to do so. Many people have their auto lock period set to five minutes.
You can save a lot of battery power by setting your auto lock to occur after one minute instead of five. Throughout the course of a day you will no doubt use your phone several times and those extra four minutes will soon add up. Having the auto lock at one minute is one of the easiest battery life saving tips you can apply.
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