[Leica] M240 battery question

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Bob,
You do not need precision in the battery level read outs, an approximation is more than enough, so my guess is that is what the gauge will reflect.
Cheers
Jayanand

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> On 17-Nov-2015, at 10:26, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I've just got the warning on one of mine and I checked some of the internet
> to learn approximately what Leica NJ told Leo.  I've got a trip coming up
> so I'll just deal with it when I get back since I've got plenty of spares.
> 
> I've progressed (some would say wandered) from M8 to M8.2 to M9 to M240 and
> this is the first time I've ever seen such a warning.
> 
> I wonder about the precision of these measurements.  I've got two M240s and
> I can put a battery in one and the display will read 100% and then put it
> in the other one and the display will read 95%.
> 
> --Bob
> 
>> On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 9:12 PM, Leo Wesson <leowesson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Roger,
>> 
>> I just had this happen to me.  I called Leica NJ and they said to send the
>> battery in and it would probably be a warranty replacement.  They said it
>> doesn't hurt to use the battery with the warning on.
>> 
>> Leo Wesson
>> Photographer/Videographer
>> 817.733.9157
>> www.leowesson.com
>> 
>>> On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Roger Hart <rhart76 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I just put a freshly charged (Leica brand) battery into my M240 and when
>>> checking its status I see a message in red below the green status bar,
>>> "Check Battery Age." I've gone through all the menus and unlike my
>> Nikons,
>>> I don't see where the camera can give you any info regarding the
>> battery's
>>> age. Anyone else experience this? This is the spare battery I purchased
>>> with the camera less than two years ago.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Roger Hart
>>> Ann Arbor, Michigan USA
>>> 
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