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Subject: [Leica] How long is an M8 battery supposed to last ?
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 06:53:10 -0500
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If you never chimp you'll get more pictures, but I think a couple hundred
shots on a charge is about what I get in normal use, maybe less.

 I think fully charged is signified by the yellow light going out.



On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 6:47 AM, Vick Ko <vick.ko at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Questions:
>
> 1.  How long is an M8 battery supposed to last ?  i.e. should it be able to
> do 600 jpg+DNG photos?
>
> 2.  does that very first charge have to be all night?  Or only until the
> yellow LED goes out?
>
> 3.  if the yellow LED goes out, is the battery truly fully charged?  The
> battery shows "all bars" when I put it into the body.
>
> 4.  is this the type of battery that, if the first charge is not completely
> charged, the battery will never be able to carry a full charge?
>
> Thanks
> Vick
>
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