29 Managing battery consumption with the D1H

The larger buffer capacity of the D1H has meant a change in the battery management compared to the D1.

The D1H requires more reserve power before the shutter release to ensure  that after a long burst on a low battery, there is still enough power to empty the buffer and save the pictures to CF card or firewire. Therefore the battery indicator will show “low” earlier in the D1H than in the D1.

To ensure maximum operating efficiency, batteries used with the D1H should be refreshed every 20 or 30 cycles and the high continuous drain caused by shooting long bursts will result in a battery life being reduced compared with operation in the D1 and D1X