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Warbler
03-09-2012, 4:18pm
Got a pleasant surprise on Saturday. Shot an event and got 1700 RAW + JPG from a single LP-E6. Not bad for a small battery. Is that typical of others' experiences?

Cheers,
Tim
JM Tran
03-09-2012, 4:39pm
Its normal these days for the latest semi pro/pro bodies, as long as one doesnt chimp much or at all, you can get a lot of mileage from a single battery charge:)
etherial
03-09-2012, 7:21pm
Yep I'll often get well over 1000 shots from a battery. Only problem is because of that I sometimes forget to charge them!
Warbler
03-09-2012, 7:43pm
Only problem is because of that I sometimes forget to charge them!

That's reason I have two. One is always fully charged, and I just keep using the first one until it goes completely flat. Only charge the flat one when I get home and leave the other one as is.

Cheers,
Tim
etherial
03-09-2012, 9:22pm
Yeah I do to, but they both live in the battery grip. There is one thing I don't like about the grip though, it discharges both batteries at the same rate which means I end up with both flat at the same time. A real pain at times.
Bennymiata
04-09-2012, 10:13am
I've done shoots with my 5D3 where I've taken over 700 photos + some video in one go, including plenty of chimping, and the battery was still half full.

Better than my 60D which uses the same type of battery.
Bercy
04-09-2012, 2:10pm
What's chimping? - New term on me!
Warbler
04-09-2012, 4:45pm
Chimping is looking at the LCD on the back of your camera. Not very flattering is it?
Bennymiata
04-09-2012, 9:39pm
Do you know why it's called chimping?

It's because when you look at the screen at the wonderful photos you've just taken, you go "OOH, OOH, OOH!" :D

True.
rowdy23
04-09-2012, 9:50pm
:lol:
flashc
05-09-2012, 2:02am
Do you know why it's called chimping?

It's because when you look at the screen at the wonderful photos you've just taken, you go "OOH, OOH, OOH!" :D

True.

Some photographers never do chimping because it's not professional... They just wait until they get home and then find all the photos they took and didn't review are bad.
bricat
05-09-2012, 6:03am
Do you know why it's called chimping?

It's because when you look at the screen at the wonderful photos you've just taken, you go "OOH, OOH, OOH!" :D

True.

Now that is funny even if true:lol:
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