AA batteries with the E-PL6

alexisgreat wrote:

But what if you dont have burst mode turned on and merely keep the shutter half pressed and just take the next shot as soon as the prior one is saved?

No need to wait for saving, the buffer allows them to pile up a bit.

Is there a benefit to doing that in terms of less shutter wear?

No benefit at all. The shutter is still working. Just try listening to the camera, each exposure cycles that shutter. Only cameras with fully electronic shutters avoid clattering that horrible focal plane shutter.

If you could estimate, what would you say is an average number of pictures you take per day with the E-PL5 or E-P5?

Varies dramatically from 0 today to maybe 400 or so on a very busy holiday at an interesting location. Burst or bracketing is basically never used by me.

My issue is that with 1/3 stop ISO and changing lighting conditions, I never quite know which ISO to use and found the best results by underexposing somewhere between 1 and 2.3 stops.

I try to stay with ISO 200, but if the light gets a bit lower then I move to the other MySets that use auto ISO with various limits. Forever fiddling with ISO just wastes time, trust the auto ISO but set sensible limits.

I also read somewhere that weatherproof is another dead end because camera makers do not honor water damaged cameras regardless!

Maybe so, but any camera needs some proper care by the user. Seals should be replaced every year I guess. I've never used weather proof cameras, have been out in the rain and never had problems. Just a matter of being careful and drying the camera off afterwards.

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I think I may have gotten it to work, reviewing only a small subset of the total number of pictures the camera took- got the camera to last on one battery for a week and a half!

Works best if you take a picture and turn off, do not do needless reviews or deletes in camera. Sort out the mess later at home.

Regards......... Guy