Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How true! But as a cheap-skate amateur, I find it a bit hard to spend $130 on a damn battery and wouldn't risk my M9 with a non-Leica battery. So, for a while, I'll just be real careful about the state of charge. And, of course, At the low volume amateurish rate at which I work, it is inconceivable that I would leave the house without the SD card in the camera. I posted just to get an idea whether my new M9 arrived with a defective battery or defective indicator, and from the almost unanimous tone of the responses, I gather that they're probably all like mine. Herb >Amen! I would never trust a battery indicator on any camera. Always take >extras! > >Tina > >On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 7:55 PM, R. Clayton McKee <rcmphoto at >yahoo.com>wrote: > > > --- On Mon, 2/21/11, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 6:27 PM, > > > Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > two rules of digital photography, no matter the camera > > > brand. > > > > > > bring a spare card > > > bring a spare battery > > > > > > You may never need them, but someday, you will get out > > > there and realize you > > > left the card in the reader or the battery in the > > > charger, or the card will > > > fail or the battery will run down. just sayin' > > > > And if you're doing unrepeatable stuff or you're doing it for money, > take > > two or three spares, and a couple of backup cameras, because the Is has > a > > sense of humor, and it's a nasty one. > > > > > > R. Clayton McKee > > PhotoJournalist > > from somewhere just south of somewhere else... > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > >-- >Tina Manley, ASMP >www.tinamanley.com > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will pee on your computer!