Ther other night I was out shooting school dinner dances with a ist D and the battery grip sync with a set of studio lights. Both camera and grip loaded with fresh AA batteries, lights running off the mains power.
After about 150 shots the camera dies. I ring a friend, he recommends taking the battery pack off and opening the battery compartment on the camera. "Don't take the batteries out, just shut it up and the camera will be ok, and leave the battery pack off", he says. Bit like rebooting a computer, or a mobile phone he reckons. Indeed the camera works fine for the rest of the night and I shoot another 350 shots without a problem. In the instruction manual I found something in the toubleshooting section with similar advice. Has anyone had a similar experience? Any explanations?
