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I had a second look. In the 5DMkII row I found the battery will last for 1190 images if you use the flash, and for 1930 images without the flash. Hmm, I don't recall any flash on my 5D or 5DMkII. Did I miss that feature... ?I take the numbers with a huge dose of salt... no sign of the test methodology behind these numbers. (...)
Pekka has supported us with some good reading of lately. I agree the flashing highlights are great. For the ETTR method I wonder a little about his method leaving the WB to Auto. My experience is that in-camera histograms usually answers better to the raw histograms if the WB is left somewhere between 5500 and 6000K.I've seen a whole range of samples on the web, from very impressive to atrocious... it's amazing how easily a bad exposure can ruin an image. I'm taking more care these days to get exposure spot on, following Pekka Potka's method here :
pekkapotka - Journal - Expose to the right, ETTR - with*E-P3
The flashing highlights in live view are a godsend.
I'm impressed by what appears to be the fact they've eliminated the annoying yellow blotching that started to show up around 1600 ISO in previous cameras. Strictly speaking, there are 4 kinds of visible noise in 4/3rd images: