Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Clive, Lithium batteries have an extremely steep drop off curve when they are out of power; as in one shot works and the next the battery is dead. So, when you get to one bar, change the battery. As to the built in capacitor/battery that has just enough juice to keep current settings active until you change the battery. It was never meant to power the camera the way reserve fuel supplies work in cars once the tank empty light comes on. All the digital cameras work this way; one shot good, next shot you are holding a hockey puck. Take a deep breath, realize that this is not a mechanical camera any more, and carry a spare battery. :) On 3/24/07, Clive Moss <clive.moss@gmail.com> wrote: > > There is a backup battery in the camera that stores the settings; it > gets recharged by the main battery. That backup could be used to > indicate that the main battery is dead. > -- > Clive > http://www.clive.moss.net/blog/ > > > > > on 3/24/2007 9:08 AM Doug Herr said the following: > ... > > > > A dead battery should have enough juice to tell you it's dead? > ... > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory@gmail.com