Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/23

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Subject: [Leica] M8 battery life
From: lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth)
Date: Mon Apr 23 11:25:32 2007
 
I haven't so far fully discharged a battery in camera, but I have taken more
than 300 shots, so I'd expect a fully charged battery to take around 400
shots.

I use a card reader rather than connect the camera directly.

Steve



On 23/4/07 14:22, "Brian Ampolsk" <bampolsk@mac.com> wrote:

> Has anyone found the M8 battery to be very short-lived between
> charges?  I  haven't figured all the details yet.  However, I have
> been getting around 30 shots per charge which is clearly
> insufficient.  It seems to me that when I  download photos to my
> computer, the battery takes a major hit.  Anyone have any ideas?  I
> have written my camera dealer about it and he is checking with Leica.
In reply to: Message from bampolsk at mac.com (Brian Ampolsk) ([Leica] M8 battery life)