Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think it might be different to tell with 4 batteries to keep track of which ones are working real well and which ones are doing better than others. You don't chimp means you don't check your shots as you are shooting them? Any pix to see? -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ mark at rabinergroup.com > From: "James R. Nelon" <jnelon at netvigator.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:46:10 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Cc: <MichaelBass at GMail.com> > Subject: [Leica] DMR Battery Information > > I want to share some information with the LUG about DMR batteries. I've got > four DMR batteries, two of which are showing signs of fatigue. I had an > interesting conversation with Michael Bass about rebuilding the batteries > with fresh cells. One of the DMR batteries reads half full after a full > fresh charge. Using that battery, I squeezed off over four hundred (nearly) > continuous shots before the battery expired. Yet in the field the battery > dies within an hour or so of shooting polo a couple of Sunday's ago. And I > don't chimp. That tells me that the main battery drain using an R8/DMR > combination is not so much the shutter power requirements as it is the > "just > being on" requirements. I'm going to send the battery to Michael to have > him > replace the cells. But I'd like any other insights anyone has as to why the > freshly charged battery shows a half charge, yet it can provide over 400 > quick shots yet die in the field in less than an hour. > > > > Jim Nelon > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information