THETA X battery drain still image test
Use Case Simulation
Real estate workflow consisting of 10-50 pictures for a single site for property condition analysis, not for artistic promotion. Assumes that a property inspector can average 1 picture every 90 seconds and leaves the camera on for the entire shoot.
Result Summary
A single battery took 48 shots with this use case simulation. After 48 shots, the camera shutdown due to lack of battery charge.
Opinion
If the inspector is taking more than 30 shots, it is safer to bring an extra battery to the site just in case the initial battery is not fully charged when the shoot starts.
Setup
- 11K HDR pictures
- 5Ghz wifi connection the whole time
- picture taken every 90 seconds
- LCD screen brightness manually set to lowest level
- GPS off
- bluetooth off
- _cameraControlSource set to app
- firmware v2.00.0
- battery measured with API
/osc/state
At the start of the test, the battery was at 100% with no pictures on the camera
THETA X Data
| pictures | elapsed time | battery |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | 20 minutes | 71% |
| 20 | 28 minutes | 62% |
| 25 | 36 minutes | 51% |
| 35 | 51 minutes | 30% |
| 36 | 52 minutes | 28% |
| 38 | 56 minutes | 24% |
| 40 | 58 minutes | 20% |
| 42 | 1 hr 1 min | 16% |
| 44 | 1 hr 4 min | 12% |
| 45 | 1 hr 6 min | 8% |
| 46 | 1 hr 8 min | 6% |
| 47 | 1 hr 9 min | 5% |
| 48 | 1 hr 10 min | 3% |
| 49 | battery died | 0% |