V-Raptor Power Consumption and Batteries Info

[Steve Phillipps]

Not sure if this has been answered, but is there considerably lower power draw as the resolution goes down? So anyone tested the difference between 8k 25fps and 2k 6ps for instance? Was thinking that instead of powering down and having to wait for the 32 second boot up time one could have a preset with the lowest power draw and leave it at that until the action starts and then swithc to full resolution and frame rate.
Cheers, Steve

 

[Alex Zeder]

Haven't actually measured the power consumption, so this now is more a theoretical consideration. Lowering the settings for "stand-by" probably won't save any battery because the resolution/fps are only numbers in the settings as long as no recording (or pre-record) is active. The smaller used scan area of the sensor for montoring won't make a real difference (if at all) but you can also no longer monitor the full frame during this time then. Most of the power consumption is caused by active recording, processing and writing to the card.

 

[Phil Holland]

Frame size may have a very, very minor impact on power draw. Frame rate however might have a more noticeable one. Particularly on V-Raptor. If you are rolling 8 hours a day at 120fps versus 24fps, you'll certainly see an impact.

 

[Steve Phillipps]

Thanks guys. So it might well be worth setting up a 1fps preset just to keep the camera up and running and then flick to your desired frame rate when ready to record? I will test it!

 

[Phil Holland]

Thanks guys. So it might well be worth setting up a 1fps preset just to keep the camera up and running and then flick to your desired frame rate when ready to record? I will test it!

No. You'll only use "extra power" while rolling/recording. Doing the 1fps isn't going to help.

 

[Steve Phillipps]

I think you're right - doing the test now. So far at 2k 1:1 6fps it gave me 1hr35mins on a 95wH battery. Looks like 8x 16:9 25fps is going to be the same. It's the one issue I have with the Raptor - power draw. It's only an issue because of the long boot-up time though - it takes so long that I have to leave it on all the time otherwise when the action happens (wildlife) it will be too late. Means you need to carry about a dozen batteries for a full day.

 

[Phil Holland]

I think you're right - doing the test now. So far at 2k 1:1 6fps it gave me 1hr35mins on a 95wH battery. Looks like 8x 16:9 25fps is going to be the same. It's the one issue I have with the Raptor - power draw. It's only an issue because of the long boot-up time though - it takes so long that I have to leave it on all the time otherwise when the action happens (wildlife) it will be too late. Means you need to carry about a dozen batteries for a full day.

I use 98Wh a lot when I travel, 150Wh when home. However, using a shark fin w/ 2X 98Wh batteries or 2X 150Wh batteries is a good way to keep the camera up longer with the advantage of hot swap. Actually works nicely in practice as Micro V-Mount or G-Mount is about 60-40% the size of full size bricks.