[Leica] DMR battery solution update

[imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)]

Thank you Gene. Very informative. I do have a QT. I'm also doing okay with 
the 4 batteries I have (2 acquired in the last couple months).

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On Jul 11, 2011, at 8:41 PM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:

> Yes, you can have a battery in the slot or take it out, either way, I keep 
> one in there so when the QT is off the DMR battery keeps the internal 
> timing battery charged up.  The DMR automatically senses the external 
> battery connection and switches to that.  He makes an Y adapter so you can 
> use the external battery and a cable release, at extra cost of course. ;)  
> If you do not have a QT battery, I would recommend the Tekkeon battery 
> pack, sold by B&H, it is much lighter and less expensive, and has a 
> selectable voltage output.  The cable Michael makes for that is basically 
> the same , but a different connector on the battery end.  Both supply 
> plenty of power to run the DMR for several days, depending on your 
> shooting load.  If you already have the QT or QT3, then that works great 
> also, I already had the QT, but the internal battery was dead, so I bought 
> a new battery at Batteries Plus for the unit at substantially less than 
> Quantum Industries wants.