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At several belly dance shows now, I've been able to get more than 10000 photos out a single charged LP-E4 battery for the Canon EOS 1D Mark III camera.
I just got back from 15 day trip to Zürich and Istanbul, which involved three remote studio photo shoots for belly dance on three days (and two of them were 12 hour long days), two different dance shows, two photo interviews, plus just numerous travel photos. Almost 5000 frames created, including lots of reviewing for the studio work, and for the shows. Lots and a lots of camera raw, about 80GB worth of photos filling 2/3 of a brand-new MacBook.
The entire trip was done with two charged LP-E4 batteries ... and ZERO battery chargers!
This is the first trip I've ever done without a battery charger, but I needed to travel gear light. I was convinced it was possible because of the battery performance over long-duration belly dance shows. I covered a dance show the night before I left, and was a little nervous, but I ultimately left with 9% power remaining on battery 2.
The efficiency, power, and capability of this camera system are just incredible!
Blessings and Light,
M
I just got back from 15 day trip to Zürich and Istanbul, which involved three remote studio photo shoots for belly dance on three days (and two of them were 12 hour long days), two different dance shows, two photo interviews, plus just numerous travel photos. Almost 5000 frames created, including lots of reviewing for the studio work, and for the shows. Lots and a lots of camera raw, about 80GB worth of photos filling 2/3 of a brand-new MacBook.
The entire trip was done with two charged LP-E4 batteries ... and ZERO battery chargers!
This is the first trip I've ever done without a battery charger, but I needed to travel gear light. I was convinced it was possible because of the battery performance over long-duration belly dance shows. I covered a dance show the night before I left, and was a little nervous, but I ultimately left with 9% power remaining on battery 2.
The efficiency, power, and capability of this camera system are just incredible!
Blessings and Light,
M
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Re: In praise of the LP-E4 battery, and the 1D Mark III
Thu, July 24, 2008 - 8:40 AMFirst, welcome home Michael and do share some of the fruits of your travels in this tribe's gallery.
But to your point, it's absolutely amazing the transformation batteries (and camera's power-usage) have undergone since digital cameras first went mainstream. It may be safe to say that more dramatic gains have been made with power than with the actual sensors! Initial consumer cameras were nearly unusable, burning through expensive batteries in as little as 100 frames. Now, to hear that you're getting 1,000x that out a rechargeable (and with a top-of-theline camera to boot), that's more impressive to me than the 10x-20x gains that sensors have undergone (ignoring improvements in sheer image quality, of course). -
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Re: In praise of the LP-E4 battery, and the 1D Mark III
Fri, July 25, 2008 - 1:41 PMthanks much Brad.
I'm away again for my Dad's 70th birthday, and only have my iPhone. When I get back to my machine, I'll post some photos.
Blessings and Light,
M
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