Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: > >> 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? >> > > Are you using a Leica branded battery? > Also, two rules of digital photography, no matter the camera brand. bring a spare card bring a spare battery You may never need them, but someday, you will get out there and realize you left the card in the reader or the battery in the charger, or the card will fail or the battery will run down. just sayin' > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA