Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah - but I have never had go so dead, so fast. For once I made an unusual mistake and I read the manual. One bar is 25-50% says page 84. No bars is 5-25%. No bars flashing is 0-5%, "battery replacement or recharging necessary". 8 images should not go from 1 bar to death. Mumble mumble mumble grumble. I do have a spare - but it looks like I need more than one :-( -- Clive http://www.clive.moss.net/blog/ on 3/24/2007 8:21 PM Don Dory said the following: > Clive, > Lithium batteries have an extremely steep drop off curve when they are out > of power; as in one shot works and the next the battery is dead. So, when > you get to one bar, change the battery. As to the built in > capacitor/battery that has just enough juice to keep current settings > active > until you change the battery. It was never meant to power the camera the > way reserve fuel supplies work in cars once the tank empty light comes on. > All the digital cameras work this way; one shot good, next shot you are > holding a hockey puck. > > Take a deep breath, realize that this is not a mechanical camera any more, > and carry a spare battery. :)