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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sharpbill" data-source="post: 3499117" data-attributes="member: 57876">Thanks for the comments Mike and also the useful link to birds in flight photography.I am mainly a point and click photographer and wondered if you could offer any advice on your preferred settings.One thing I notice is this camera seems to be battery hungry. I have bought an external charger and a couple of spares but, as I predominantly use the electronic view finder, I would also like to disable the the monitor 'live view'  whilst shooting to preserve battery life.I have bought the Kindle version of Alexander White's book and am aware that it is possible to switch the monitor on and off via the menu (fig 7-39). However, this also means that images cannot be reviewed until the monitor is switched on again. One alternative that should be possible it to add 'monitor on/off' to a function button but I haven't worked it out yet. Have you tried this or hit on any solution to improve battery life.Cheers John</blockquote>