Anybody knows about battery grip for E500?

There's none

Been using FL36 and waiting time is killing me, very frustrating. Too sad!:( :(

Hmm, just wondering pare, aren't the flash's batteries are at fault here and not your cam's battery if we're talking about recylicng times?

I was using my friend's E-500 with FL36 for our company event a couple of weeks ago and recyling time was ultimately dictated by the batteries of the flash and not the cam's... I shot over 250 shots and the battery's cam was still over the halfway mark but I had to change the flash's batt twice during the shoot coz the FL36 wasn't recycling fast enough.

John, try using 2500 AA batteries. I heard recyling time using CRV3s is faster, but these are very expensive. As David said, recycling time is a function of flash batteries.

Cheers,
Norman

actually, some people don't recommend using CRV3s in your FL-36... it's something about the milliamps being low.. or it could be with the rechargeables only.. not sure...

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1022&message=16856855&changemode=1

fl-36 inherently has slow recycling time compared to the other flash (i.e. canon, nikon etc...) but you should get a decent recycling time with the 2500mAH batteries =)

actually, some people don't recommend using CRV3s in your FL-36... it's something about the milliamps being low.. or it could be with the rechargeables only.. not sure...

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1022&message=16856855&changemode=1

fl-36 inherently has slow recycling time compared to the other flash (i.e. canon, nikon etc...) but you should get a decent recycling time with the 2500mAH batteries =)

Tok, I think the link you gave was discussing RCRV3s (rechargeable), not the same as nonrechargeable CRV3s. Regular CRV3s should work fine with the FL36/FL50.

Cheers,
Norman

so there's no problem using the non-rechargeable kinds?

hmmm... i might give it a try =b

i'm using sony cycle energy for my fl-36 and it works well :)