Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/23

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Subject: [Leica] M8 Battery Redux
From: larry.k at rcn.com (larry.k@rcn.com)
Date: Tue Jan 23 05:07:56 2007

  Uh oh, that sounds familiar, the twenty minute battery failure. I'm sorry 
to hear 
about your troubles. I will mention this problem in my letter to Leica. I 
was not 
going to send along the battery but now I'm thinking that it might be a 
better 
idea to send the battery along in case it is a battery problem and needs to 
be 
replaced.

  Could it be the charger??

  Trust me, I would have bought a spare battery if I had been able to find 
on in 
the last couple of months. I think I will get a battery this week, just as 
my 
camera is winging its way back to Germany. LOL. 

   Regards, 

  Larry

  
  

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Well, I got my new battery today.  They were supposed to overnight it for
delivery Saturday, but it got caught somewhere and he didn't get it here
till 5 pm.

Regardless, I popped it in the charger and waited 3 hours.  Yellow light
still on.  I waited 5 hours.  Yellow light still on.

Just like last time...  Ugh.

So I took it out and shot a few pictures.  I managed to find the Set menu
this time (happy that!) and shot about 20-30 pictures.  Then the camera
died.

Pretty much the same as last time.

So here I am again.  Dead battery.  What must be a dead charger or battery.

And I'm pissed.

Tomorrow I'll call Leica USA again and get a complete replacement.  Sigh.

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