Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Alastair. On the battery issue, I hope that the M8 becomes sufficiently popular that aftermarket batteries will be available (like here: www.batterier.dk). Cheers, Nathan Alastair Firkin wrote: >> I have the same concerns as Harrison. I have become used to being able >> to walk around with my 1DII around my neck in freezing temperatures (not >> so much here in NL, but when I go to visit my sister in Poland over >> Christmas) and still get several days of shooting on one charge. >> > > The battery is tiny and light: no hope that it could last days of heavy > shooting: I'm on my 3rd charge, and it has now spent 24 hours "unused". > I'll be taking more images later today and we will see how it holds up > over several days then, but the battery is not yet fully "primed". I must > say it is so small and light that to carry an extra would not be a > problem > > >> The second issue is the startup time. One thing is that the camera takes >> a few seconds to be ready when you turn it on. I could live with that. >> My question to those who already have an M8 is this: I assume the camera >> has a "sleep mode" it goes into when the controls have not been used for >> x minutes. Every digital camera I have ever handled has this feature. >> The camera than presumably "wakes up" when the shutter is lightly >> pressed. How long does it take the M8 to be ready when it wakes up in >> this manner? >> > > I tested start up time: it was less than a second from camera off to ready > to shoot. There is NO WAY I could frame and focus an image faster than the > M8 starts up from off or sleep. I was delighted, but you may be more > demanding than 0.7 sec ;-) > > Alastair > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands Opportunistic Image Acquisition General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com and http://www.greatpix.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS!