jolyonralph said:
I have a great solution for those of you who feel that the battery life on a mirrorless camera is an issue.
Buy some clothes with pockets.
Then, you see, there's a remarkable trick you can use. It turns out, and it seems many of you are unaware of this, that you can buy ADDITIONAL batteries, and keep them in your pockets and swap them out when the battery is getting low (here's another professional tip, swap the battery when it's low at a time when it's convenient for you, don't wait until it's completely dead and then complain you miss a shot.)
So please, no more comparisons with electric car range. That makes no sense at all (you can't carry spare batteries for an electric car.)
Really interesting. This is the only forum i post in, where a half dozen forum members go into a 100+ posting frenzy, when somebody dares to mention that Canon unfortunately marketing nerfed a great little new camera [EOS M50] that is fully competitive in all important dimensions [sensor, IQ, AF system, user interface, touchscreen, body size, weight, price] except one: battery charge! - by using an old, weak battery pack [LP-E12] rather than a newer, better, readily available power pack [LP-E17] that would yield at least 18% more shots per charge.
There is no argument spared in attempts trying to prove, that a better "shot yield per battery charge" is either
* pointless, because "it is so low anyways, so why even care" and "one can carry any number of spare batteries in their pockets" and
* or irrelevant, because DSLRs have a much superior shot yield per battery charge. Yes, they better, given the size and charge of the much bigger batteries in them and given the size of DSLRs bodies vs. an EOS M50
* or "even when 18%+ more shots per charge would have be nice", it is definitely not "marketing nerfing" on Canon's part, but "in the best interest of customers", since some fraction of purchasers may already have some of the old, weak batteries lying around at home as spares
* and - when all of these arguments obviously fail, then come the personal attacks and some forum bullying and at the peak of discussion inevitably the oh so pseudo-logic line is pulled out: "while it may be important to you, that does not mean it is important to anybody else" and "it really is just you complaining", "you little whiny kid", "go home and stfu" - and don't ever dare again to criticize infallible Canon. Canon "always have their reasons to do whatever they do" ;D and it is not up to us mere mortals and much less so to you, little whiner, to question Canon's reasons and motives. ;D
That's when I cannot help but feel like being in a forum populated mostly by Canon marketing spin doctors and/or shills. I have been told, that none of the honorable forum members here are. Of course I shall believe that. But I cannot help to note, that a few people here certainly act like it.
PS: @Joly - just to make sure: I don't mean you.