Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/23

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Subject: [Leica] M8 battery life
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Mon Apr 23 07:55:48 2007
References: <CB2C4A1A-57B1-4839-9037-3AC03D5E497A@mac.com>

At 09:22 AM 4/23/2007, you wrote:
>Has anyone found the M8 battery to be very short-lived between
>charges?  I  haven't figured all the details yet.  However, I have
>been getting around 30 shots per charge which is clearly
>insufficient.  It seems to me that when I  download photos to my
>computer, the battery takes a major hit.  Anyone have any ideas?  I
>have written my camera dealer about it and he is checking with Leica.
>
>Brian


It improves with use.  Why would you download from the camera?  Take 
the SD card out and use a card reader to download.  It's much faster 
and doesn't use the camera's battery.

Tina

Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA
http://www.tinamanley.com 


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