Battery Keeps Draining

[GeordieLaforge]

I am getting very frustrated with my a6000.  I bought the camera a year ago and I have a 2 battery handgrip on it and I can put it in my case with both batteries fully charged and 2 days later, they are down to 84% and it 2 weeks, they will both be completely drained.  I have turned the EF sensor Finder/Monitor to off and the turned off the WiFi.  I have read the Sony solution of removing the batteries but then I have to reset the date and time any time I need to use the camera.  

 

Does anyone have a solution that works?  If not, I may just trade up to ??  a6300?  Or a6500?  I want a mirrorless that I can use the same lenses on since I have 4 for a6000.

 

Suggestions, please?

 

Thanks

[Username]

Sounds like your time/date clock battery is dead 

and so the camera is relying on the main battery 

to keep time. None of my Sony's lose their time 

and date when sitting around turned off, without 

any main battery.   

  

OTOH, the above is a generalized diagnosis, so 

if you have a rather unusual hardware problem 

peculiar to Sonys, or you really have a defective 

camera, I wouldn't be speaking to that :-(   

[lamontcranston]

Turn Airplane Mode ON and leave it ON.  That should help a little.  Also a good tip from David Busch:  Leave "Pre AF" OFF (default setting). David Busch says leaving Pre-Auto Focus On will deplete your battery much faster because auto focus will be ON even before you press the shutter button half-way down.