I agree with Wayne. Never trust batteries and never be without a spare
(or two).
That said, if you're still using the original Oly battery that came with
the camera (I assume that's what I sent you), since the camera was
purchased in January 2013 that battery is now approaching 4 years old.
I have always considered the lifetime of lithium camera batteries to be
3-4 years so it's probably just getting old and tired. I always shoot
raw or raw+jpeg and, IIRC, the E-m5 battery was good for about 300
shots. The Canon 5D was good for about 400+ shots but had far less
display electronics to run.
Follow Wayne's advice and buy a couple of spares from ebay. You can
find them on US ebay for about USD 10. I've had a couple of different
brands but have always preferred (and Moose too, I think) the "Progo"
brand for both battery and charger. This US seller
<http://www.ebay.com/itm/Progo-Battery-and-Charger-Kit-for-Olympus-BLN-1-Olympus-OM-D-EM-5-1600mAh-/152190193132?hash=item236f3e0dec:g:0qQAAOSwbsBXn9HC>
wants a lot more than I can remember paying but maybe you can find it
cheaper in NZ. Moose may want to chime in here too.
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/3/2016 6:47 AM, Wayne Harridge wrote:
You can't trust batteries !
I always carry a spare even if I'm just going out with a camera for a few
hours.
Buy a few cheap spares on eb*y, cycle through your batteries so that you
discharge/recharge each of them regularly, this seems to help, but NEVER
trust 1 battery.
...Wayne
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Hi all,
Last week I was away most of the week in a city. I took about 80 jpegs and (
believe it or not) 8 ORF images.
I was amazed
when a freshly charged battery in the camera indicated it was close to be
being right out of juice then, at 88.
My E-3 would not have done
that. First time I ever wished I had a spare battery with me.
Cheers,
Brian
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