Love my R8. The only time the battery life has ever been an issue for me was doing long exposure photography in freezing weather. Two cold batteries lasted about 4 hours of shooting. But in above freezing weather 2 batteries last me all day and thousands of shots.
On my recent travels, I have my R8 plugged into a 20000mAh PD 3.0 power bank in my backpack through a 0.5m long USB-C 4.0 cable. I didn't need to worry about running out of juice as long as I charged the power bank every other night. I had 2 spare E17, but they were in the bag all the time.
I love my Canon R8! I bought the R8 last month including the 24-50 kit lens set with two years Canon warranty for less than $1200 usd!! Canon threw in a nice free gadget bag and sold a spare canon battery for half price as a promotion. I truly love it!
@@IsaiahWehrmann the 2 hour record time limit is actually based on battery life metrics. plug it into a PD power brick and your record limit becomes basically indefinite.
There is a setting where you can use the screen to change focus while looking through the viewfinder. Idk if that’ll be sufficient for you but it’s worth looking into.
