Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My R8 has sat in the bag inadvertently left on for a couple of weeks without draining the batteries. Surprised me ;) Gilbert On Sunday, March 31, 2002, at 02:13 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > David Young wrote: >>>> Does remembering to turn the R8 "off" significantly extend battery > life?< > > Hi David, > Can't answer your question as turning to "the off" position as it's > becomes > as automatic as putting the R8 in the case. I don't think I've put it > away > for any length of time without being set to off. > > However, if the camera isn't jammed in the bag not turned off and > without > pressure on the shutter release, I don't see any reason why the > batteries > should drain quicker without being activated. > > Battery use only comes into play when you squeeze down on the shutter > release. However, someone will undoubtly prove me wrong. ;-) > ted > Ted Grant Photography Limited > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html