stratokaster
Top Veteran
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Name
- Pavel
I wanted to try the new Panasonic G3 before deciding whether to switch from Micro 4/3 to something else or not.
My friends at Panasonic kindly offered to loan the camera to me. Yesterday I spent the whole evening playing with it. To my surprise, I don't miss the removed control points (such as the AF mode lever) and image quality is certainly very good.
However, there is one thing that really disturbs me. I fully charged the battery before using the camera. I took about 200 pictures (mostly snapshots) and 3 short videos when the battery indicator started to blink. After 15 more shots the camera simply turned off.
Is G3's battery life really that bad? If so, it seems Panasonic wants every owner of this camera to buy 3-4 spare batteries...
My friends at Panasonic kindly offered to loan the camera to me. Yesterday I spent the whole evening playing with it. To my surprise, I don't miss the removed control points (such as the AF mode lever) and image quality is certainly very good.
However, there is one thing that really disturbs me. I fully charged the battery before using the camera. I took about 200 pictures (mostly snapshots) and 3 short videos when the battery indicator started to blink. After 15 more shots the camera simply turned off.
Is G3's battery life really that bad? If so, it seems Panasonic wants every owner of this camera to buy 3-4 spare batteries...