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Testing of Battery Life and Recording Times of All Video Cameras

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Published March 24, 2017
Video Camera Battery Life

Here at Lensrentals.com, we have over 100,000 pieces of gear that we not only regularly rent out, but also regularly inspect, clean, and diagnose. Because of this amount of gear, we’re afforded the luxury of getting some pretty unique insight into the gear so many videographers and photographers use on a day to day basis.

In the past, we’ve put together an investigative piece showing the equipment that most frequently needs to be repaired and why. We’ve also put together hundreds of articles breaking down equipment, showing you what is inside, and how lenses and cameras work. We’ve now decided to turn our attention to videography gear, and more specifically, what you can expect from battery life, recording time and so on.

It’d be an understatement to say that the information below was comprehensive. We’ve gone through our entire stock of camera systems, and individually logged the recording time (per GB), as well as the battery life for each system. We’ve included a few tables of each category to this post, however, for the full breakdown of information (which will we try to keep updated going forward), click the link at the bottom of the page.

Note: Record Time (Minutes per GB) represents the recording time you can get out of specific media. For example, if you’re recording to a 64GB card, you multiply the number in the column to get your total amount of minutes of record time on a 64GB card.

Information On DSLR & Mirrorless Systems

ProductBatteryMemory CardCodec/ExtensionRecord Time (Minutes per GB)
Canon 5D Mark IVLP-E6NCompact Flash/SDXCMOV MJPG 4096x2160 29.97p0.25
Canon 5D Mark IVLP-E6NCompact Flash/SDXCMOV ALL-I 1080/59.94p0.73
Canon 5D Mark IVLP-E6NCompact Flash/SDXCMOV ALL-I 720/120p0.82
Canon 5D Mark IVLP-E6NCompact Flash/SDXCMP4 IPB 1080/59.94p2.21
Canon 5D Mark IIILP-E6NCompact Flash/SDXCMOV ALL-I 1080/29.97p1.57
Canon 5D Mark IILP-E6Compact FlashMOV 1080/29.97p3.77
Canon 5DSLP-E6Compact FlashMOV ALL-I 1080/29.97p1.43
Canon 5DSRLP-E6Compact FlashMOV ALL-I 1080/29.97p1.43
Canon 1DX Mark IILP-E19CFast 2.0/Compact FlashMOV MJPG 4096x2160 59.94p0.15
Canon 1DX Mark IILP-E19CFast 2.0/Compact FlashMOV ALL-I 1080/120p0.35
Canon 1DX Mark IILP-E19CFast 2.0/Compact FlashMOV ALL-I 1080/59.94p0.73
Canon 1DX Mark IILP-E19CFast 2.0/Compact FlashMP4 IPB 1080/59.94p2.2
Canon 1DXLP-E4NCompact FlashMOV ALL-I 1080/29.97p1.37
Canon 1DCLP-E4NCompact FlashMOV MJPG 4096x2160 23.98p0.25
Canon 1DCLP-E4NCompact FlashMOV ALL-I 1080/59.94p0.77
Canon 6DLP-E6SDXCMOV ALL-I 1080/29.97p1.37
Canon 7D Mark IILP-E6SDXCMOV ALL-I 1080/29.97p1.43
Canon 7D Mark IILP-E6SDXCMP4 ALL-I 1080/29.97p1.43
Canon 7DLP-E6Compact FlashMOV 1080/29.97p3.06
Canon 80DLP-E6SDXCMOV ALL-I 1080/29.97p1.45
Canon 80DLP-E6SDXCMP4 IPB 1080/59.94p2.2
Canon 70DLP-E6SDXCMOV ALL-I 1080/29.97p1.37
Canon 60DLP-E6SDXCMOV 1080/29.97p2.75
Canon T6iLP-E17SDXC1080/29.97p4.37
Canon T5iLP-E8SDXC1080/29.97p4.37
Canon SL1LP-E12SDXC1080/29.97p4.37
Canon EOS M5LP-E17SDXC1080/29.97p3.75
Sony a7S IINP-FW50SDXCXAVC S 3840/30p1.17
Sony a7S IINP-FW50SDXCXAVC S 1080/60p2.42
Sony a7S IINP-FW50SDXC/SDHCAVCHD 1080/60p5.15
Sony a7SNP-FW50SDXCXAVC S 1080/60p2.42
Sony a7SNP-FW50SDXC/SDHCAVCHD 1080/60p5.15
Sony a7R IINP-FW50SDXCXAVC S 1080/60p2.42
Sony a7R IINP-FW50SDXC/SDHCAVCHD 1080/60p5.15
Sony a7RNP-FW50SDXC/SDHCAVCHD 1080/60p5.15
Sony a7 IINP-FW50SDXCXAVC S 1080/60p2.42
Sony a7 IINP-FW50SDXC/SDHCAVCHD 1080/60p5.15
Sony a7NP-FW50SDXC/SDHCAVCHD 1080/60p5.15
Sony a6500NP-FW50SDXC/SDHCXAVC S 3840/30p1.17
Sony a6500NP-FW50SDXC/SDHCXAVC S 1080/120p1.17
Sony a6500NP-FW50SDXC/SDHCXAVC S 1080/60p2.42
Sony a6500NP-FW50SDXC/SDHCAVCHD 1080/60p5.15
Sony a6500NP-FW50SDXC/SDHCMP4 1080/60p5
Sony a6300NP-FW50SDXC/SDHCXAVC S 3840/30p1.17
Sony a6300NP-FW50SDXC/SDHCXAVC S 1080/120p1.17
Sony a6300NP-FW50SDXC/SDHCXAVC S 1080/60p2.42
Sony a6300NP-FW50SDXC/SDHCAVCHD 1080/60p5.15
Sony a6300NP-FW50SDXC/SDHCMP4 1080/60p5
Sony a6000NP-FW50SDXC/SDHCAVCHD 1080/60p4.5
Sony a5100NP-FW50SDXC/SDHCXAVC S 1080/60p2.42
Sony a5100NP-FW50SDXC/SDHCAVCHD 1080/60p5.15
Sony a5100NP-FW50SDXC/SDHCMP4 1080/60p5
Sony NEX-5TNP-FW50

Information On Digital Recorder Systems

ProductBatteryRuntimeMemory CardCodec/ExtensionRecord Time (Minutes per GB)
Atomos Ninja 2NP-F970654minSSDProRes 422 1080/29.97p0.84
Atomos Ninja 2NP-F970654minSSDDNxHD 220 1080/29.97p0.64
Atomos Ninja AssassinNP-F97098minSSDProRes 422 3840x2160 29.97p0.22
Atomos Ninja AssassinNP-F97098minSSDDNxHR HQ 3840x2160 29.97p0.16
Atomos Ninja BladeNP-F970523minSSDProRes 422 1080/29.97p0.84
Atomos Ninja BladeNP-F970523minSSDDNxHD 220 1080/29.97p0.64
Atomos Ninja FlameNP-F97098minSSDProRes 422 3840x2160 29.97p0.22
Atomos Ninja FlameNP-F97098minSSDDNxHR HQ 3840x2160 29.97p0.16
Atomos Ninja StarNP-F970588minSSDProRes 422 1080/29.97p0.84
Atomos Samurai BladeNP-F970523minSSDProRes 422 1080/29.97p0.84
Atomos Samurai BladeNP-F970523minSSDDNxHD 220 1080/29.97p0.64
Atomos ShogunNP-F97098minSSDProRes 422 4096x2160 29.97p0.17
Atomos ShogunNP-F97098minSSDProRes 422 3840x2160 29.97p0.22
Atomos ShogunNP-F97098minSSDDNxHR HQ 3840x2160 29.97p0.16
Atomos Shogun FlameNP-F97098minSSDProRes 422 4096x2160 29.97p0.17
Atomos Shogun FlameNP-F97098minSSDProRes 422 3840x2160 29.97p0.22
Atomos Shogun FlameNP-F97098minSSDDNxHR HQ 3840x2160 29.97p0.16
Atomos Shogun InfernoNP-F97098minSSDProRes 422 4096x2160 59.94p0.1
Atomos Shogun InfernoNP-F97098minSSDProRes 422 3840x2160 29.97p0.22
Atomos Shogun InfernoNP-F97098minSSDDNxHR HQ 3840x2160 29.97p0.16
Convergent Design ApolloNP-F97071minCD SSD5 Track 1080P ProRes 422 29.97p0.16
Convergent Design ApolloNP-F97071minCD SSD2 Track 4K ProRes 422 29.97p0.08
Convergent Design 7q+NP-F970108minCD SSDSony FS RAW 4096x2160 29.97p0.04
Convergent Design 7q+NP-F970108minCD SSDCanon RAW 4096x2160 29.97p0.04
Convergent Design 7q+NP-F970108minCD SSDProRes 422 4096x2160 29.97p0.17
Convergent Design 7q+NP-F970108minCD SSDProRes 422 3840x2160 29.97p0.21
Convergent Design 7q+NP-F970108minCD SSDProRes 422 1080/29.97p0.84
Convergent Design 7qNP-F970108minCD SSDSony FS RAW 4096x2160 29.97p0.04
Convergent Design 7qNP-F970108minCD SSDCanon RAW 4096x2160 29.97p0.04
Convergent Design 7qNP-F970108minCD SSDProRes 422 4096x2160 29.97p0.17
Convergent Design 7qNP-F970108minCD SSDProRes 422 3840x2160 29.97p0.21
Convergent Design 7qNP-F970108minCD SSDProRes 422 1080/29.97p0.84
Video Devices PIX 240NP-F970135minSSD/Compact FlashProRes 422 1080/29.97p0.84
Video Devices PIX 240NP-F970135minSSD/Compact FlashDNxHD 220 1080/29.97p0.64
Video Devices PIX 240iNP-F970135minSSD/Compact FlashProRes 422 1080/29.97p0.84
Video Devices PIX 240iNP-F970135minSSD/Compact FlashDNxHD 220 1080/29.97p0.64
Video Devices PIX-E5NP-F97090minSpeedDriveProRes 422 4096x2160 29.97p0.17
Video Devices PIX-E5NP-F97090minSpeedDriveProRes 422 3840x2160 29.97p0.22
Video Devices PIX-E5NP-F97090minSpeedDrive/SDXCH.264 (VBR ~ 10 Mb/s)13.3
AJA Ki Pro QuadPak512 SSDProRes 422 4096x2160 29.97p0.17
AJA Ki Pro QuadPak512 SSDProRes 422 3840x2160 29.97p0.21
AJA Ki Pro QuadPak512 SSDProRes 422 1080/29.97p0.84
Sony AXS-R5ASXMF55RAW (16-bit linear) 4K 59.94p0.046
Sony AXS-R5ASXMF55RAW (16-bit linear) 2K 59.94p0.18

 

For a Full Look Into Our Tested Recording Times & Battery Life, Click Here.

 

 

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