Action Camera Battery Saving Tips

Actions cameras are the most demanding cameras as they are used to shoot your adventure activities, sports, 4k videos, slow-motion videos, and much more. They are waterproof and travel-friendly cameras. Due to advanced technology and great features in action cameras, people prefer them over DSLRs.

But over great features, you may have noticed the battery dies very soon (within 2-3 hours) if you keep it in use or on. And when you are shooting something interesting this battery life is not enough. You need to buy spare batteries or keep it switch off when not in use.

So, here are a few action camera battery saving tips when you are in a hurry.

Top 8 action camera battery saving tips

1. Turn off action camera: Turn off your action camera when you are not recording, as battery life is less so it’s better to conserve it when not in use.
2. Remove the batteries from the action camera: Most people don’t know about this general tip when the battery remains inside a camera for a long period it still consumes the battery. So, to conserve batteries for a long time remove them out from the camera whenever you are not using them.
3. Disconnect all wireless connections: Wireless connections like GPS, Bluetooth, WIFI are power-hungry settings that consume a lot of battery power on default in-camera. So, my pro tip is to keep your camera on an airplane mode or keep your camera’s wireless settings off to avoid battery consumption.
4. Customize camera settings: There are a lot of settings in the action camera which can be customized accordingly and it will help you to save battery life. Some of them are:

• Disable screensaver
• Turn off light (LED) indicators
• Lower down or switch off volume
• Keep off-camera stabilization

5. Keep automatic sensors cleaning off: In most of the action cameras, there is an automatic sensor cleaning technology that helps to clean the camera lenses frequently when they are not. It consumes a lot of battery even when the camera lens is cleaned. So, turn off the automatic sensor cleaning feature when the lens is clean.
6. Replace batteries: Whenever you are shooting for a long day or traveling somewhere, it is obvious you’ll not get enough time to charge your battery, so to avoid the inconvenience while shooting makes sure you keep spare batteries with you.
7. Keep the camera at room temperature: Never expose your camera to extreme cold or hot temperatures it may damage battery life and the camera. So, try to keep your action camera at room temperature for better results.
8. Lower down screen resolutions: It is obvious when you lower down screen resolution it will degrade the quality of the video from high clear quality to blurry quality. But definitely, it will save battery life. So, whenever your battery is about to die and you want to shoot more, you can degrade the quality of the video and use the camera for a longer time.
9. Lower down LCD brightness: If you’ll lower down your LCD brightness it will consume less battery and you can enjoy shooting for a longer time.

Conclusion

Remember the above tips in mind while using any action camera or an ordinary camera to save the battery for a longer time. Pro-tip is always keeping 2-3 spare batteries with you and before using an action camera charge your camera battery to avoid inconvenience during the shoot.

We hope this article helped you to shoot more without a dead battery.

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