omgwtf srsly.


I'm a bit surprised...I was just out tonight for Halloween, and of course, I'm popping flashes left and right. Had some fully charged Duracell NiMH 2650mAh batteries in the 430EX II. And they lasted all of, what, 100 exposures? That was far, far short of what I expected.


Seems like I'm going to have to look into these eneloops from Sanyo.


Oh, and the PWs came through like a champ. Not a single misfire. Granted, I was just holding the strobe in one hand and the camera in the other...but they worked beautifully in ETTL.


Am I correct in thinking that new, NiMH batteries need to be cycled several times before they reach maximum capacity? If so, I hope this is the reason why I got so few firings out of them. Most of the shots weren't even with full flash power.