How much battery life should I expect from this?

Cromulent · 20 May 2019 at 03:42

I want to start a new project that will require me to film my activities for a couple of hours out in the countryside. I currently own a OnePlus 6, but the two things that worry me are battery life and how much video I can store on the internal storage (I have the 128GB model). I'll only be filming in 1080p 30fps.

I'm quite keen to do a test run, but I'm thinking it might be worth getting a phone with a bigger battery and an SD card slot so I can store more video footage.

What do you think? Or maybe I should be looking at a dedicated video camera for this particular use case? I'm still in the planning stage. Budget is fairly flexible.

neoboy · 20 May 2019 at 03:49

Would it not be a better job for something like a GoPro that lets you switch out batteries and SD cards as needed? Also depending what you're doing can easily fit it into a chest harness or helmet so have your hands free, of course no idea if that's useful in this case.

Cromulent · 20 May 2019 at 03:52

neoboy said:
Would it not be a better job for something like a GoPro that lets you switch out batteries and SD cards as needed?

Hmmm. That is a good idea. I had never considered that before. Is there anything special I need to know about the GoPro? I'll be editing it in Adobe Premier with maybe a little work in Adobe After Effects and Adobe Audition. Is the microphone decent on it? I'll need to record my voice while I'm walking around in the great outdoors.

Cromulent · 20 May 2019 at 04:14

OK. Just watched a review of a GoPro on YouTube and it looks pretty impressive. If I could get one with the head strap accessory, it would be almost perfect. I'll have to do some thinking about this. Thank you for the suggestion.

Cromulent · 20 May 2019 at 05:41

Only thing I can't seem to be able to find is how long the battery lasts on the GoPro Hero 7 Black when recording continuously.

d_brennen · 20 May 2019 at 07:05

From the community forum, YMMV

https://community.gopro.com/t5/Cameras/hero7-black-record-time/td-p/262236

Battery life is obviously effected by resolution (and you need a big enough SD card for the bit rate/time) and ambient temperature can come into play too

Cromulent · 20 May 2019 at 07:31

d_brennen said:
From the community forum, YMMV

https://community.gopro.com/t5/Cameras/hero7-black-record-time/td-p/262236

Battery life is obviously effected by resolution (and you need a big enough SD card for the bit rate/time) and ambient temperature can come into play too

Well, it certainly seems like the Go Pro Hero 7 Black is the one I want. If I record in 1080p 30fps the battery life should be good enough.

Thank you all.

neoboy · 20 May 2019 at 11:32

Cromulent said:
Well, it certainly seems like the Go Pro Hero 7 Black is the one I want. If I record in 1080p 30fps the battery life should be good enough.

Thank you all.

Official batteries are under £20 as well, can always get an extra one to swap out while "out in the field".

Cromulent · 20 May 2019 at 11:36

neoboy said:
Official batteries are under £20 as well, can always get an extra one to swap out while "out in the field".

Yeah. An extra battery and a head strap would be great.

Cromulent · 20 May 2019 at 15:52

I think what I have decided to do is the following. The GoPro is definitely the right option for the job but at the same time I can't really afford £400 on something that I am not sure will work out so in the meantime I'd like to get the highest possible capacity power bank for my OnePlus 6 so I can record for 4 to 6 hours at 720p at 30fps.

I'm looking for recommendations. I found a 6700mah one on another website, but I'm not sure if anything better is available.

silverblack · 20 May 2019 at 16:13

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/162972068760?ul_noapp=true

I have the 10000 mah version lasts for ages.

Cromulent · 20 May 2019 at 16:16

silverblack said:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/162972068760?ul_noapp=true

I have the 10000 mah version lasts for ages.

Thanks. That looks like exactly what I am looking for.