I'm a little surprised at tips like "turn off wifi, GPS, stabilization", because surely you keep those turned off until you actually need them, right? Especially stabilization... learn to hold your camera properly guys.... But I guess if you get into a no-battery situation, this is indeed a lifesaver. One golden tip of course: make it a habit to always recharge all your batteries when you are done for the day. Do not, ever, think "I'll recharge them tomorrow", because you will forget. When I got my Canon 5d3 I first spent a day taking pictures to see how long one battery would last under average use That turned you to be about half a day, so I got three more batteries and a grip, and now I can shoot as much as i like and worst case I have to swap batteries once during the day. In 15 years of digital photography I have yet to run out...
Very true, Vinnny, however sometimes even "done for the day" is not enough time before the next day comes. Some back-to-back wedding events only afford you 3-4 hours of sleep, and that's barely enough time to charge 1 battery unless you have multiple chargers! We should add, that for any photographer who is thinking of getting this deep into professional event coverage, you definitely ought to own 2-3 camera battery chargers... Good luck out there!
If you never allow your batteries to fully discharge and try to not allow the charge to drop below 15-20% you will dramatically extend their overall life. I have batteries that were rated for a 1-year lifespan under normal use last 3+ years under heavy use. Peace!
Indeed, and as a wedding photographer it is usually prudent to change your battery at about 15% anyways; you simply don't want to be down to the last 1% during all but the most boring parts of a wedding. Having said that, we have drained batteries down to dead many many times, and still have them last for 4-5 years before they need to be replaced. And this is under heavy, heavy use. (Sometimes a quarter-million images per year!)
a quick tip for Sony mirrorless shooters, especially with the newer models, as a very last resort, you can charge the body with those battery packs that people buy these days to charge their smartphones. And on the latest models (a7RII, a7SII, a6300, a6500 etc etc), you can even operate while plugged in, slightly older models like the a6000, you can charge it using those battery packs, but can't operate.
Unfortunately, the A7ii can charge via USB while the camera is off, however you cannot operate the camera AND charge it at the same time like you can with some of the other, newer camera bodies. On the Sony RX10 mk2 for example, I've run super-long timelapses by simply plugging in a 20,000 mAh Anker USB battery to the USB port. By my calculations, I can shoot timelapse for up to 20 hours on such a battery! Be careful if you're recording 4K video, however, as this will still slowly drain your internal battery Your better bet is to use a dedicated 7.5 V battery instead of a 5 V USB battery, and connect the 7.5 V battery via a "dummy battery" instead.
Your videos are great but sir i have a question about my 70d , when i m shooting pictures of light bulbs or portraits but in backgound there are light bulb, those bulbs and light getting gray lines and looking wierd..
