Canon 1DX - Official Owners Thread

Oh no, it's just the battery, sorry my post was a bit ambiguous!!

Actually, just charged my original battery and although the charger said fully charged, in the camera it shows 92%!!

Could someone else try this and see what they get?

Thanks, George.
 
George said:
Oh no, it's just the battery, sorry my post was a bit ambiguous!!

Actually, just charged my original battery and although the charger said fully charged, in the camera it shows 92%!!

Could someone else try this and see what they get?

Thanks, George.
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Had the same with mine George,full charge on the charger but only shows 94% when first put in the camera but left it for a few hours and re-checked and it showed 100%.

I left the new battery i got on the charger for an extra couple of hours once it showed fully charged and as soon as i put it in the camera it showed 100% and still did after a few days of not using it unlike the previous battery that would drop 2-3% per day when not using the camera.
 
Hi George,

Just fully charged my LP - E4N battery -removed it from the charger as soon as it showed full and put it in the camera. Camera indicates battery at 100% - so nothing wrong there !
James
 
Hmm, let's investigate further.....perhaps Ivan and Bob will have a look...Bob's got 2 to play with!!
 
James/George,

I shall have a try also. Must say I have not noticed any problems and the log is still empty.
How are things George? Must have a chat sometime as have some interesting results with Focal and the 2x converters on longer lenses.
 
Talking of battery calibration. - I have two LP-E4 batteries (not the 1DX N type) both of which when placed into a 1DX show they need calibration. When I do this the battery works normally, shows 100% charge BUT still shows it needs calibrating. If it was only one battery I would not be bothered but as it shows up on two of then I find that a bit strange. Anybody else come across this issue?
James
 
nigel.. apologies.. ddint realise the 7d didnt have this? may last couple of models had so i presumed a 7d would :)
 
jbw said:
Talking of battery calibration. - I have two LP-E4 batteries (not the 1DX N type) both of which when placed into a 1DX show they need calibration. When I do this the battery works normally, shows 100% charge BUT still shows it needs calibrating. If it was only one battery I would not be bothered but as it shows up on two of then I find that a bit strange. Anybody else come across this issue?
James
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my 1dIV battery does same.. no matter how many times i calibrate it still says required.. however the battery perfoms perfectly as far as i can tell
 
George said:
Hmm, let's investigate further.....perhaps Ivan and Bob will have a look...Bob's got 2 to play with!!
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Just popped a fully charged LP-E4N in and it shows 97%, a fully charged LP-E4 shows 94%

KIPAX said:
my 1dIV battery does same.. no matter how many times i calibrate it still says required.. however the battery perfoms perfectly as far as i can tell
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Similar here Tony. It says to calibrate, I calibrate and it looks good until I use it....then it tells me to calibrate again.


A side issue....
The guy that bought one of my 1DIV's grabbed an LP-E4N as a second battery. The 1DIV has locked up several times with this installed but is fine with the original LP-E4 that I supplied it with. From other reports, it looks like there are definitiely dodgy N versions out there and the 1DIV isn't as clever as the 1Dx in sussing out what to do with it.

Bob
 
seltechpc said:
James/George,

I shall have a try also. Must say I have not noticed any problems and the log is still empty.
How are things George? Must have a chat sometime as have some interesting results with Focal and the 2x converters on longer lenses.
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Be interested in a chat, Paul, I'm about tomorrow and all weekend, so pm me a time?

Re batteries,
Firstly the 7D doesn't have a calibration facility, something I wish it had as my 2 are starting to be a bit iffy and the recharge performance is only showing 2 green spots instead of the 3 it did initially....tried discharging/recharging but to no avail.

Secondly, the first time I charged the LP-E4N, it came up to 92%..as I've already said.
I then fully charged the LP-E4 in the 1Dx charger and it showed 100%.
After 2 hrs, I reinserted the dashN battery, and it showed 94%.

Stuffed it back in the charger and it flashed 2 lights for 15 mins, then went to full charge. Put it in the camera and now 100%!!

This looks strange, so I'm now waiting to get it exchanged which Canon have agreed to do.

Watch this space...!!
 
Last Feb I photographed an Auroral display in the Swedish Arctic. I used a Canon 1d Mk4 and set up at 6pm and photographed not stop (literally) until 2.30 in the morning. The temperature was -31 C. In that time I used up two fully charged batteries - which in my opinion is exceptional !
I'm off to South Iceland at the end of next week to do the same sort of thing. Temperatures should be a lot higher - presently temps on the Vatnajokl glacier are around -3 to -8 C.
I'll let you know how the 1Dx battery performs compared to my old 1D Mk4 - if you are interested?
James
 
jbw said:
Last Feb I photographed an Auroral display in the Swedish Arctic. I used a Canon 1d Mk4 and set up at 6pm and photographed not stop (literally) until 2.30 in the morning. The temperature was -31 C. In that time I used up two fully charged batteries - which in my opinion is exceptional !
I'm off to South Iceland at the end of next week to do the same sort of thing. Temperatures should be a lot higher - presently temps on the Vatnajokl glacier are around -3 to -8 C.
I'll let you know how the 1Dx battery performs compared to my old 1D Mk4 - if you are interested?
James
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If you want someone to keep your batteries warm, I'm yer man :D
 
jbw said:
Last Feb I photographed an Auroral display in the Swedish Arctic. I used a Canon 1d Mk4 and set up at 6pm and photographed not stop (literally) until 2.30 in the morning. The temperature was -31 C. In that time I used up two fully charged batteries - which in my opinion is exceptional !
I'm off to South Iceland at the end of next week to do the same sort of thing. Temperatures should be a lot higher - presently temps on the Vatnajokl glacier are around -3 to -8 C.
I'll let you know how the 1Dx battery performs compared to my old 1D Mk4 - if you are interested?
James
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Very interested, James, may well be doing a similar thing myself in the future.
What lenses are you using...a 16-35 2.8 perhaps?

How many shots (approx) did you get with the 2 fully charged batteries at that temp?

George.
 
Hi George,

I would recommend you use a wide angle lens as fast as you can afford to buy or hire. I use a 24mm f1.4 and shoot with it wide open at 1200 ISO. Sometimes (usually when the front element has frosted over and needs to be popped into my pocket to warm up) I shoot with a 14mm f2.8 - again wide open.
If you want to view just a small sample of Aurora pics you can do so :-

http://500px.com/imagesinspiredbynature

James

PS. If you want some more detailed advice on Aurora photography I would be happy to help out.
 
jbw said:
Hi George,

I would recommend you use a wide angle lens as fast as you can afford to buy or hire. I use a 24mm f1.4 and shoot with it wide open at 1200 ISO. Sometimes (usually when the front element has frosted over and needs to be popped into my pocket to warm up) I shoot with a 14mm f2.8 - again wide open.
If you want to view just a small sample of Aurora pics you can do so :-

http://500px.com/imagesinspiredbynature

James

PS. If you want some more detailed advice on Aurora photography I would be happy to help out.
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Thanks, James, I have a 14mm 2.8 and the 16-35 2.8, and I did a couple this year in Scotland, need to look at the exif but from memory I used an exposure of around 4 secs. May have a chat sometime to discuss, would be good.

Great shots on your site..was the Bengal Tiger at Bandhavgarh?

George

Oh and the battery -N one has dropped to 97% with no use in 2 hrs!!
 
Hi All,

I've just joined this forum so apologies if I repeat anything that's gone before. I rang up Canon UK this afternoon to enquire about this Caution 02 warning that comes up in the camera log. They told me this isn't something many people have raised with them. After checking what the computer said about the problem it could be one of two things - the battery (obviously) or it could be the CF card. I checked the dates when my 02 warning came up and they were on days when I shot a lot of frames either an air show or trackday. The times were all late in the day, too. This suggests heavy usage might cause the 02 warning, although I always check the battery before and after charging and never had any concerns about it.

One thing I would mention, although I don't know if it applies to the 1DX battery, I fly radio controlled model aircraft and I always leave the batteries an hour or so after charging before I put the battery checker on them - gives the charge time to 'settle' down. I would also advise calibrating the battery before sending it back - the batteries might just need 'balancing'. I would also recommend calibration after a full days shoot or when the battery is low because if there's a lot of charge in the battery it'll take a whole day to recycle.

That's my 2 pence worth, guys hope its alright.

TTFN,
Neil

ps On one of the posts above I see someone has used a 1DX battery in a 1D iv and had a problem - read sometime ago that it was okay to use the 1D iv battery in a 1DX, but not the other way round.
NH
 
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Hi Neil,

Firstly welcome to the forum, good to have new members!
A couple of us have had the "02" warning, and Canon are about to or have exchanged the batteries. Although they say there haven't been many problems, there certainly have been a few and I certainly feel I'm going to get mine changed under warranty.

Now as far as I'm aware, when the battery has been fully charged, it won't calibrate, if I press the cal button down it just shows green. Your point about leaving them is interesting, that seems to me perhaps to be what happened today, however I must say it's never happened with any of the other Canon batteries I've had before.
It'll be interesting to see what happens with the replacement.

Are you pleased with the 1DX?
George.
 
Neilly said:
Hi All,

..... I would also advise calibrating the battery before sending it back - the batteries might just need 'balancing'.
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Can Li-on batteries be balanced? I've only ever seen this requirement for LiPo.

Bob
 
Hi Bob,

That I don't know. However, why put a calibration button the charger if you can't balance the Li-on battery. I'm not clever enough with the technology bit - I just do what I've always done for years. Whether its right or wrong I don't know, but I've not encountered any major problems - I should add, I'm a fully paid up technophobe!

TTFN,
Neil
 
Just finished charging my battery for tomorrow ( off to RAF scampton to shoot the Reds ) and have just put it back in camera and it shows 93% :shake: , will give it a good test as its forcast -2 for the morning
 
Seems that you can balance Li-on batteries and, looking at the LP-E4 pins, it's possibly what the calibration feature is actually doing.

Bob
 
All three of my '02' cautions were logged within 2 hours of starting using the camera and were all while the camera was in use but after talking to Canon it seems the error is linked to an abnormal drop in battery current while the camera is not turned on.
I tried calibration and also fully discharging the battery before recharging but it still lost its charge even when i left it out of the camera over several days but the replacement battery so far has been perfect and is still showing a 98% capacity after being left in the camera with no use for nearly two weeks now.

It lists the error description on page 390 of the pdf manual in more detail.
 
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Sounds like it is advantageous to get it changed......
 
I fully charged the LP-4N battery last night and when charged checked it on the camera battery status and it read 100%. Left it 12hours and repeated the test and it still reads 100%.

It does seem that there may be a batch problem with some of the ...4N batteries. I have checked my log today also and have no events recorded at all.

With regards to the calibration settings on the charger, I am not sure what people refer to as balancing, it may be what I refer to as recycling... not sure! As I understand it the charger will discharge the battery and once at the pre-determined voltage it will charge the battery up. This then gives a known reference level from which it can determine the quality of the charge level. The manual seems to indicate this, as full batteries take much longer to calibrate.

I was a little concerned that the ...4N batteries have caused problems in 1DMk4s', I checked the Canon site and they specify the LP-4N battery as suitable for all the 1D series from the III onwards. what with the error 02 and the Mk4 problems it does point to a batch of faulty 4n batteries.
 
Hi All,

In the light of these latest revelations about the 1DX battery I've kept a close eye on mine today. Some interesting things have occured.

Thursday evening fully charged battery - camera menu said 100% full.
Sunday 8.30am Checked and menu said 92%; Took 18 frames from 9.45 -10.15. Checked camera -battery 91%. 1% drop for 18 frames I thought that was a bit much and checked log a short time later and there was a 02 at 10.42am. I took a further look at the battery info. when I'd finished shooting for the day - another 196 frames taken & down to 71% - that's not good. When I got home the battery was reading 72%. I then checked 30 minutes later and it was back up to 80% and that's where it still is - 80% I would point out that although it was cold this morning I've been indoors all day.

Not sure quite what to make of all this because so far I haven't had any issues with the battery. Another phone call to Canon tomorrow, I think.

TTFN,
Neil
 
Yes, Neil, looks a bit funny, I tend to agree with Paul that there's a questionable batch out there.
Also I seem to remember when we were all waiting for the 1 Dx to be released, there was a rumour about battery problems but I can't remember whether it was the battery or the charger....?
George.
 
It was the battery George. Something about having to redesign the cells due to some safety regs in Japan, or so they said at the time!
 
reading a lot of topics about 1DX here and there on many sites making me to worry about my 1DX, must i care and worry much of my 1DX to have issues?

I had only one issue so far and it is very weird, i didn't check out the battery quality or charge level to see, but i don't care much about that because i mostly will use this camera for sports which it lasts for 2-4 hours, mostly i do soccer which is almost 100min with extra time, or say 90min if i don't shoot continuously and turn off the camera for few seconds or minutes.

Oh, i forgot to say that i still use my 1 series MarkIII charger to charge my 1DX battery, hope that is not a problem.

What should i worry about 1DX by now?
 
TareqPhoto said:
reading a lot of topics about 1DX here and there on many sites making me to worry about my 1DX, must i care and worry much of my 1DX to have issues?

I had only one issue so far and it is very weird, i didn't check out the battery quality or charge level to see, but i don't care much about that because i mostly will use this camera for sports which it lasts for 2-4 hours, mostly i do soccer which is almost 100min with extra time, or say 90min if i don't shoot continuously and turn off the camera for few seconds or minutes.

Oh, i forgot to say that i still use my 1 series MarkIII charger to charge my 1DX battery, hope that is not a problem.

What should i worry about 1DX by now?
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I think that could be a concern! If I'm not incorrect it was stated somewhere in the manual (or perhaps I have read it somewhere).
You should use the new charger for the new batteries.
 
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