About how many pictures can be taken with the Epic Pro with 1 battery charge?

I realize this can vary depending on several factors, but I’d like to get an idea of the size (in terms of # of pics) of a gigapan that can be taken on a single battery charge.

If people could post the max that they have gotten (and what camera equipment they used), that would be helpful.

thanks

1. of pictures depends on the settings of the EPIC Pro (motor speed, motors rigid) as well as how often you’re pausing or changing settings. When shooting in normal conditions with a Nikon D700 and 300mm F4 and motors set to rigid (due to weight) I can get about 600-750 shots off of one charge.

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I haven’t had the need to change the battery mid-stream even once for the largest gigapans I have done: that’s about 1600 images, using an Olympus E30 with a EnjoyYourCamera battery pack with 2 batteries inside (freshly charged, of course), the 70-300 digital Zuiko lens and the Epic Pro. While I used a 32GB CF card, it could have fit (with around 10 exposures to spare) on a 16GB card…

The strong battery life is the reason I got the Epic Pro after having used the first version of the Epic 100 (and before then the beta test unit that turned into the Epic). With the Epic 100, I got only around 500-700 pictures for the best set of AA NiMh batteries I could find (2700 mAH) at the time, and that limited me more than I wanted.

Stopping when the batteries died and swapping a new set in was always a hassle as well, as I had to schlepp no less than 5 sets of batteries to handle a normal day’s worth of shooting. I acquired a 12-cell charger to help with recharging at night, but it was starting to be a logistical nightmare with matching battery sets, making sure that they were charged, and weeding out sub-standard batteries (since the take the entire set down with them).

That said, Kevin is right: depends on how much weight is being moved. The E30+70-300 is fairly light; I did notice that the E30+600 f8 mirror lens, which is about 40% heavier than the E30+70-300, did run down the battery a tad faster…which is why I have two of them. :-)