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> With a DSLR battry life is measured in months (I go on vacations and don't even bother bringing a charger) since the camera doesn't need to consume any power most of the time.

That's more than a bit optimistic. With things like lenses with IS, etc., it's quite easy to use a battery a day with a DSLR. My 5D4 would run down the charge on two batteries on heavy use days (like weddings, to be sure) but a full day walking around SF would need a charger.

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With my Nikon D7200 a battery lasts a few months in normal casual use. Even in tourist mode it'll last over a week or three. As I type this, I'm on week four of a trip away from home and still have over 50% charge left from when I charged it up at home.

Being the photo geek in my circles, I occasionally get asked to be an event photographer for some activities. In those days I'll take on the order of a thousand photos in a day, and that doesn't come close to using up a battery.

Battery life on DSLRs is almost miraculous, I love it.

Not my experience with that same camera. Are you shooting RAW?

Interesting that on the same camera the experience is so different.

Are you a heavy user of the screen? I mostly don't use it, I do everything through the viewfinder. I only shoot RAW.

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