Photoclubalpha

I recently picked up some ebay radio triggers (PT04IS) to go with my A700 and soon to be growing list of external flashes. I currently have only a HVL-F42AM that I've been triggering using the popup flash. Well, I thought I'd give a try triggering the F42AM with the radio triggers but ran into some ...

I shot for about 3 hours tonight at an event and paid careful attention to the LCD--yes, indeed I confirmed that it's being activated frequently as it bounces against my chest. Looks like that's where all my battery power is going =(.

I have the 50/1.7 on the cam about 1/2 the time. The remaining is split between my 28/2.8 and the kit lens if I need to shoot wide.

Wow, that's quite a span of shots. I'm shooting low-light candids at cosplay events so turning off the camera isn't optimal as I need to be ready to quickly snap off a shot should a subject do something interesting. I typically let the cam dangle on the neck strap or carry it by the grip--although i...

Thanks for the feedback. I think 300 is a bit low too. Interesting idea about the grip sensor... I looked in my menu and noticed that eye start was turned off, but the "w/grip" option was switched on in the menu. I've now disabled it--will this change the behavior you mention?

I get about 300 raw+jpeg shots per battery charge on my A700 (v4) cam. I'd be curious to compare this against what others are finding... I typically shoot AP, AF set to single, drive set to continuous/low, eye-start off with flash used on maybe 1/3 of the shots at -1 to -2 comp. I'm always at, or ov...