R5C excessive battery drain on standby?

[MosheTreutel]

Been playing with the R5C and was prepared for it to eat LPE6NH batteries during high resolution / frame rate shoots. What I did not expect was the R5C still drains the battery quite rapidly while on standby. I have lost a battery indicator slot (full charge to ~75%?) a couple of times now just messing around with menu settings for about 10 min.

Anyone else observing similar? Is there a power optimization setting I am missing somewhere?

[smithjohns]

Yes, that’s normal on the Canon EOS R5 C. It doesn’t really “sleep” deeply in standby, so even menu navigation can cause noticeable battery drain.

There’s no special power-saving setting you’re missing. Turning off Wi-Fi/Bluetooth and lowering screen brightness can help a bit, but for longer setup sessions, external power is usually the real fix.