[Leica] M8 battery life

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 6:14 PM +0100 4/23/07, Frank Dernie wrote:
>PMFJI,
>I bought a couple of these, great service,
>
>http://tinyurl.com/2nb9jc
>
>Frank

Those are the ones I got.

I shoot dng only. The camera is by far the fastest that way (the 
write times in camera are longer with jpegs, and a lot longer with 
dng + jpeg). Most of the time it doesn't matter, but occasionally I 
would have to wait for the camera buffer to clear before being able 
to take the next shot. I hate that. If I need jpegs, I make them with 
Lightroom.


>On 23 Apr, 2007, at 18:03, lkhermann wrote:
>
>>At 09:42 AM 4/23/2007, you wrote:
>>>I get 200-300 usually. Even on the third party $20 batteries, 
>>>which are the only ones I'll buy from now on.
>>>
>>>It takes about 3 cycles to get them up to their full capacity. And 
>>>I have never downloaded pictures directly from the camera; a good 
>>>card reader is always more convenient. Also, one of my monitors 
>>>has a card reader built in, so that one I never misplace. :-)
>>>
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>>>    *            Henning J. Wulff
>>>   /|\      Wulff Photography & Design
>>>
>>
>>Henning,
>>         Where do you get $20 third party batteries, B&H lists a 
>>third party battery for $79?  I get quite a few shots on my Leica 
>>batteries, and I unlike most use the USB connection to download.  I 
>>find it is easier for a few photos than removing the baseplate and 
>>card.  I use dng and fine jpeg setting and the jpegs go to iphoto 
>>and the dngs to Lightroom.  I also download to an old PC with the 
>>cable.
>>
>>Thanks for the info.
>>Lee


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