Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]wade, you get at least twice as many as i with the m8 battery and that's on your low range On 3/26/07, Wade Heninger <heninger@adobe.com> wrote: > Don't' worry. I get at least 500-600 shots per battery. I bought 3 > batteries when everyone was going off about the battery life, and I've > found > that was just unnecessary... > > > > > On 3/25/07 9:39 PM, "Clive Moss" <clive.moss@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm working on it. Just got about 80 shots and down to 1 bar again. But > > that's good enough for now - I tend to average no more than 100 > > exposures per day, so with two batteries I should squeak by. I do hope > > it gets up to the 400 or so level - thats what the manual says it should > > do. While checking that number, I found a comment in the manual that low > > battery is indicated by an acoustic signal - I had turned all sound off. > > Just turned it back on again. > > Clive > > http://www.clive.moss.net/blog/ > > > > > > > > > > on 3/25/2007 9:10 PM grduprey@mchsi.com said the following: > >> Clive, > >> > >> Just do the charge use and recharge 2 or 3 times and the batteries will > >> be > >> just fine. Lithium batteries do not get to full capacity untill 2 or 3 > >> charge cycles. Both of the M8 batteries i have seem to last better > >> than the > >> batteries for my D200, or approximately 500 exposures or more, easily > >> longer > >> than what it takes to fill up a 2G SD card. > >> > >> Gene > >> > >> -------------- Original message from Clive Moss <clive.moss@gmail.com>: > >> -------------- > >> > >> > >>> 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. :) > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > w a d e h e n i n g e r > u s e r e x p e r i e n c e > a d o b e s y s t e m s , i n c > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad