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I was on a trip last week with my A7Mk2 and a few lenses. I had the Mk1 before this and generally use my A7 with Leica lenses and my first foray into the world of Sony lenses was after recently purchasing the 24-240 which I though would make a great travel lens, this was my first trip with it. Optically I'm pretty happy with the lens and the versatility it offers is fantastic. However, (there had to be one didn't there!) I found that I was hardly able to go through a couple of hours shooting (taking only a dozen or so shots) before the battery reduced from 100% to 20%, is this normal? It doesn't do that with my Leica lenses so I'm wondering if all the electronics in the lens is causing excessive battery drain? Before you answer I'll make these points : Wifi was off (Flight mode On) Camera left in 'On' mode with Pwr save at 1 min Viewfinder/Screen set to auto but with bottom click of dial set to 'Display off' I was wandering around the street of Granada with the camera slung across my side One last thing, it was very hot, ambient temp around 40C Any comments/observations welcome. Thanks