Does having the GoPro on but not taking video use as much battery as running video? Until recently, I was running the GoPro on a headband, turning it on at the beginning of the dive and taking video constantly until the end of the dive. I could always get two full dives out of a battery charge, in the neighborhood of two hours.
I just switched to a gopole, and I now only start and stop the video when there is something specific to shoot. Today, the first dive was 90 minutes, the second was 60 minutes. I had the camera on, but did very little video, as there wasn't much to see. The battery ran out about half way through the second dive.
Is the two hour charge life the same, even though I wasn't actively shooting, or is the battery dying out?
I just switched to a gopole, and I now only start and stop the video when there is something specific to shoot. Today, the first dive was 90 minutes, the second was 60 minutes. I had the camera on, but did very little video, as there wasn't much to see. The battery ran out about half way through the second dive.
Is the two hour charge life the same, even though I wasn't actively shooting, or is the battery dying out?