Mike Freeland
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United States
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I routinely run my Pocket for 2 hours straight, at 4K 30 - 60 (depending on my mood). It's dicey if not impossible, recording for that long on its internal battery, so I attach a big external battery. The problem is that the external unit is a charger, not just a battery. This means that if I connect it to the Pocket when its battery is full, or close to it, the external unit charges it until it's topped off, then shuts off, immediately giving me about 45 minutes shooting time on just the Pocket's battery. So as the Pocket's battery drains away, it doesn't bother to communicate with this 500 megawatt box just down there, and happily burns itself to the ground, stopping the recording before I'm ready to. The external battery is blissfully unaware that it should start charging again.
As a result, the Pocket is the first piece of equipment I've ever taken into the field that I had to ensure that its battery was substantially drained before putting it into service. The lower the percentage power left in the Osmo, the longer it will work with the external battery.
So, is there a a "dumb" external battery that simply adds time to the Pocket's recording time without messing with the complex charge/discharge system? I can't often use AC power. Besides, the extension cords's bigger than the Osmo and that looks stupid.
Thanks all.
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