Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love that 251 shots on a charge! Not 250! Not "a couple of hundred". Where did it say this? 251 shots!? I never head out with a camera with a half of a charge in it and expect to get anything without a backup battery in the bag. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ mark at rabinergroup.com Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > From: Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:03:23 -0800 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] Battery life indicator (M9) > > I'm sorta pissed off. I checked the "Info" panel last night and it > indicated that my battery was a little below 50% (I'd estimate over > 40%) and that it was good for 251 shots. Planning to take at most 100 > frames the next afternoon, I didn't put the battery on charge. Guess > what! It went totally dead after about 24 shots. > > So, does the battery life indicator habitually lie, is my M9 > defective, or do I have a defective battery? Can anyone enlighten me > based on their experience? > > Herb > -- > 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! > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information