I shoot with Nickel, and can't say I have the same experience. A couple of weeks ago I had a "session" 4C below zero. Shot 40-50 frames, no problem. But I wouldn't expect more than 100 shots from one set of batteries.
Above zero I would expect more out of one battery set. My _guess_ is that your batteries are getting old. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > -----Original Message----- > From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 6. april 2006 07:52 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: My first action shots/cold batteries > > I didn't say the D was useless. It's a great camera. Just not the action > photogrpahers first choise (some guy asked about a camera for > photographing > skating). An action photographer would probably choose a camera with very > fast FPS, AF, and write speeed, I (still) believe. > > Yes football is great fun. And difficult. During this game three goals > were > scored - I didn't get one of them, as I was changing batteries all the > time. > Which battery will last a full half-game (45 minutes) in cold (4 degrees > Celsius) and windy conditions? I would like to know before the next game, > please? What do hockey game or ice skating, winter olympics photographers > do? > Regards > Jens Bladt > http://www.jensbladt.dk > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Tim Øsleby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 6. april 2006 00:37 > Til: [email protected] > Emne: RE: My first action shots/cold batteries > > > You are full of surprises Jens ;-) > I wonder how many posts you have sent the list telling us that the D is > useless for action photos? And now, what do you do? > You post an action shot ;-D > You are a strange character. Coming from me, that is a compliment. I like > strange characters. > > Anyone taking bets on when Jens will post a pictures using P TTL flash? My > bet is ten dollars on within 6 months ;-) > > Nice shot BTW, Jens. Shooting football is hard. > It is hard to predict the next move in the game. At least when the game is > bad, in a good game you will find a rhythm. > > Note to myself: I need a set of fresh batteries. > > > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds > (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 5. april 2006 23:02 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: My first action shots/cold batteries > > > > I did my first action shots. The *ist D/FA 80-200mm behaved quit well > > (using > > AF). > > My shots were heavily overexposed (my fault) but not too bad otherwise. > I > > was positively surprised. Except my batteries kept dying on my ;-/ > > I don't have a battery grip - and the recharables were too weak. > > Would it help to use a battery grip - or is it the same problem with > > rather > > cold batteries (it's 4-6 degrees Celsius here)? > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/123893666/ > > > > Regards > > Jens > > Jens Bladt > > http://www.jensbladt.dk > > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > > Fra: Rick Womer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sendt: 3. april 2006 17:56 > > Til: [email protected] > > Emne: RE: Z-series feature I miss on the ist D > > > > > > Yes, but it's the camera's contrast control mode. > > > > --- Joe Wilensky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Does that method use the flash's contrast control > > > mode? > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >That's right. Works brilliantly on the PZ-1p; > > > don't > > > >know about the SFXn. Nice even lighting, no > > > shadows, > > > >and much more natural-looking than bounce flash > > > alone, > > > >IMHO. > > > > > > > >Examples here: > > > > > >http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=528842 > > > > > > > >Rick > > > > > > > >--- Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >> Hi Rick > > > >> And with that setup did you just let both Flash > > > at > > > >> TTL setting and no > > > >> further corrections for indoor shots? > > > >> Frankly I haver never used the build in flash on > > > the > > > >> SFXn alone or in > > > >> combination so far, would be interesting. > > > >> I guess there has to be a minimal distance of > > > about > > > >> 1.5 meters to get good > > > >> results and to not overexpose faces? > > > >> > > > >> greetings > > > >> Markus > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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