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- From: ka1gt@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (robert.m.atkins)
- Subject: EOS battery use - Some hard numbers
- Organization: AT&T
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 23:43:12 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.234312.4870@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>
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- I just measured some current draw data for an EOS 630 with a 35-135 USM lens
- which might be of interest:
-
- Lens focusing (from infinity to closest focus) 200mA for 0.25 seconds
- Film winding (1 frame) 600mA for 0.25 seconds
- Mirror fliping up & shutter release 350mA for 0.1 seconds
- Exposure determination (i.e. depress shutter
- release 1/2 way to give exposure reading) 100mA for 6 seconds
- Film rewind (36 exposures) 450mA for 8.5 seconds
- Any function button 100mA
- (current is drawn until function is set)
-
- Maximum current drawn was a 1.6 amp transient on motor start up
-
- Adding up these numbers you find that to focus from infinity to closest
- focus, get an exposure reading and hold it for 5 seconds, release the
- shutter and wind on one frame takes about 835 mA.seconds. Let's be
- cautious and say I missed a few transients and assume the real value is
- 1000mA.seconds. To expose a full roll of 36 exposures and rewind it would
- then require close to 40,000 mA seconds. A 2CR5 has a claimed capacity of
- 1300 mA.hr (= 4,680,000 mA.seconds), thus we should be able to get about
- 115 36 exposure rolls from a 2CR5!! However, if you focus a couple of times
- and take 3 exposure readings every time you take a shot (which is not all
- that unusual for the kind of work I do), then this number will drop by
- a factor of about 3, to maybe 40 rolls per battery. This still seems a little
- optimistic - maybe 2CR5s are not really 1300 mA.hr at the current draw rates
- found in the camera?
-
- The numbers do point out a few things thought. First, the small USM lenses
- do not draw much power, so there would be little to be gained by using
- manual focus. Second, the real power draw is when the shutter is depressed
- 1/2 way to get the exposure reading. If you don't take a picture you get
- 100mA draw for 6 seconds. If you do take a picture the current draw stops
- after the frame is wound (i.e. less than the full 6 seconds). Lastly, there
- is significant discrepancy between the claimed capacity of 2CR5s and the
- resultant theoretical number of rolls of film you should be able to get
- through the camera.
-
- Happy Holidays to all
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- Bob Atkins AT&T Bell Labs email (direct) att!clockwise!rma
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