About how many minutes will the standard battery shoot?
1607752
A tiny bit more than 90 minutes, same as the hfr50, and last year's hfr40. 2 years ago the hfr30 would only record about 55 minutes. Everyone buys spare battery or two, does not have to be canon brand. Check the off brand batteries specs, some off brand batts will allow the camera menu to tell how many minutes of charge remain, and some (cheaper ones) will not. Genuine Canon batteries will of course.
999675
I do not know the exact time in hours and minutes, but my has lasted forever. I'm in and out of my gun safe alot, I leave mine on motion setting and have yet to pit new batteries in it. A+++
369568
I usually give it 3-4 hours ahead of when I'm going to be taking photos...it's more of a "play it safe" thing I do. So sorry, I can't give you the exact time it takes. Normally, I plug it in the night before I need it.
296701
Generally speaking it takes no more than an hour to charge a completely depleted battery. With that in mind, it's good to have more than one battery for your camera.
1976835
It takes about 4 hours. I let it go overnight, and it's pretty rare that I start with a completely dead battery
2019289
Depends how you're using your camera. If you're taking photos - you'll get approx. 4-6 hours of use, indoor photos with a flash will use up more of your batteries, and taking movies will absolutely eat up your batts, so yes, 10-20 minutes sounds normal if you are taking movies.
2261472
It would be safe to say 8 hours, but it lasts a long time. There is no worry in the battery department!
1382595
Not long. 20-30 minutes max. Mine came with an extra battery, which makes it use able. You always have to have a spare charged. Other than battery life, it works great.
743673
Once it's charged fully, to take pictures it shows somewhere close to 280 minutes. Also depends upon what you are using for and how you are using it.
1903811
Approximately 7 minutes. It's a small battery but it also doesn't take too long to recharge.
1969614
I haven't used the camera much. I bought it for others to use, so I'm not an expert. But from what I've seen, my guess is that it will take a couple of hours of video. If the charge life is a concern, I suggest getting a second battery.
1989517
Will vary, depending on your quality setting (i.e.. standard vs HD). In standard mode, I get 2 to 2 1/2 hours (depending on if you do a lot of zooming in and out). Starting the day with fresh charges on both this and the smaller battery (for a backup) that came with the camera, I didn't have any trouble when I went to Europe earlier this year. Stayed out all day long sightseeing, and never worried about running out of power.
2143684
40min to 1 hrs - depends on what refurbished quality battery is given by the seller.
18952
I have two sizes of batteries - the large one can take up to 2 hours if it close to total discharge. The smaller battery (the one that came with my camcorder) takes about an hour.
2074172
the standard battery that comes with the camera is good for about an hour depending on how you use the camera.
2133445
I have not used my camera long enough to learn battery charge time... as for lifetime.. I think that depends on usage between charges etc.
1105411
Lasts very little. In my 8Gb card I believe I should be able to fit about 74min of HD movie in MP4, but the battery won`t last anywhere near that. I still have to do some further testings, but my guess is that it lasts about 25~35 minutes. Since I haven`t done any tests with the camera only shooting movies, I am not sure about these values, it`s just a rough guess. Anyway, I find that the biggest problem is that it only warns you that the battery is about to end when it is already over, so you don`t get any extra seconds once the battery sign starts blinking (missed some great shots because of that). I carry two batteries with me and I am buying a third one, simply because this camera deserves it (video quality is superb and photo quality is good), I am overall happy with the camera. You just have to adapt yourself to change the batteries more frequently.