Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don't' worry. I get at least 500-600 shots per battery. I bought 3 batteries when everyone was going off about the battery life, and I've found that was just unnecessary... On 3/25/07 9:39 PM, "Clive Moss" <clive.moss@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm working on it. Just got about 80 shots and down to 1 bar again. But > that's good enough for now - I tend to average no more than 100 > exposures per day, so with two batteries I should squeak by. I do hope > it gets up to the 400 or so level - thats what the manual says it should > do. While checking that number, I found a comment in the manual that low > battery is indicated by an acoustic signal - I had turned all sound off. > Just turned it back on again. > Clive > http://www.clive.moss.net/blog/ > > > > > on 3/25/2007 9:10 PM grduprey@mchsi.com said the following: >> Clive, >> >> Just do the charge use and recharge 2 or 3 times and the batteries will be >> just fine. Lithium batteries do not get to full capacity untill 2 or 3 >> charge cycles. Both of the M8 batteries i have seem to last better than >> the >> batteries for my D200, or approximately 500 exposures or more, easily >> longer >> than what it takes to fill up a 2G SD card. >> >> Gene >> >> -------------- Original message from Clive Moss <clive.moss@gmail.com>: >> -------------- >> >> >>> Yeah - but I have never had go so dead, so fast. For once I made an >>> unusual mistake and I read the manual. One bar is 25-50% says page 84. >>> No bars is 5-25%. No bars flashing is 0-5%, "battery replacement or >>> recharging necessary". 8 images should not go from 1 bar to death. >>> Mumble mumble mumble grumble. >>> I do have a spare - but it looks like I need more than one :-( >>> -- >>> Clive >>> http://www.clive.moss.net/blog/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> on 3/24/2007 8:21 PM Don Dory said the following: >>>> 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. :) >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . w a d e h e n i n g e r u s e r e x p e r i e n c e a d o b e s y s t e m s , i n c