leica1215 Posted February 18, 2014 Share #21 Posted February 18, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) I wonder if it is also related to battery quality, I have mine battery made in Korea, are you guys have battery made somewhere else? like Japan...China etc... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ttheinz Posted February 18, 2014 Share #22 Posted February 18, 2014 My m240 battery is from Leica Korea 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted February 18, 2014 Share #23 Posted February 18, 2014 The batteries say Leica Korea, but the plastic wrapping on mine said Made in Indonesia. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
52K Posted October 29, 2017 Share #24 Posted October 29, 2017 I was out on an outdoor shoot yesterday which I started on 60%, no dramas as I knew I’d be fine for juice. I will buy a spare battery but haven’t got round to it yet. I keep the camera on with 2 mins auto power off, no LV and very little chimping. This is how I prefer to shoot and with auto ISO up to 1600Max, no use of menus etc. I set shutter speed and aperture manually, so a little time getting the metering right, but more often than not, pre-dialled in close enough so fairly kind to the battery. At the end of the shoot which lasted 3 hours, I had a bit of time previewing images, binning a few that I didn’t need and my battery was showing 30%. I’ve recently purchased a ‘soft-touch’ button for my leica. I’d been walking round all afternoon with the camera round my neck so put it back in the bag for a few hours (was still switched on). When I pulled the camera out later, there was 1 black photo and the camera was mildly warm... odd I thought. Seems as though it had been resting on the soft-touch button enough to fire off one shot, but also to keep the camera from powering down. This completely drained my battery. Note to self here about putting the camera in the bag, switched on. I removed the soft-touch button and threw it in the bin. Not a show-stopper situation, obviously, but not one I want to repeat. I’ll also make sure the camera is turned off before placing in the back for any length of time. Other than this episode which I consider fully my error, the battery on the M is great. Lasts like my Canon 1DS batteries used to, very good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jto555 Posted November 4, 2017 Share #25 Posted November 4, 2017 I got 2456 frames on one battery. That worked out as about 350mb shy of filling a 64GB card. And eye strain... I did not use the screen much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kilmister Posted November 4, 2017 Share #26 Posted November 4, 2017 I rarely charge my battery. Use of EFV or LV does add a drain effect on the battery but perfectly manageable. This is rather like a "how long is a piece of string?" question. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted November 4, 2017 Share #27 Posted November 4, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) 700-800. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Ricoh Posted November 4, 2017 Share #28 Posted November 4, 2017 At the rate I take photos, the M240 battery last weeks, months even. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Barnack Posted November 5, 2017 Share #29 Posted November 5, 2017 (edited) If I do not use live view at all, 2200-2400 shots per fully charged battery. If I use live view a lot, around 1/2 to 1/3 the above. Edited November 5, 2017 by Herr Barnack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Bedford Posted November 7, 2017 Share #30 Posted November 7, 2017 I'm so conservative with my shots that I barely ever run below 75% before I decide to just charge my battery again. I would be totally cool with spending a few days away from a charger with this camera. I don't use Advanced Metering anymore and only use live view a little during landscape photography, but even then I still get home with most of the battery left. That's with my original 3 year old battery! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted August 1, 2020 Share #31 Posted August 1, 2020 (edited) Bringing this older post to attention again. I am also looking for a spare BP- SCL2 battery for my M240 but I couldn't find any third party alternative out there for this type. This Leica battery still goes for about $200 new. Can anybody share insights or a link to a third party manufacturer if it even exists? Edited August 1, 2020 by Martin B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted August 1, 2020 Share #32 Posted August 1, 2020 Never heard of third party alternatives sorry. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted August 1, 2020 Share #33 Posted August 1, 2020 55 minutes ago, lct said: Never heard of third party alternatives sorry. This confirms my result. Maybe Leica has this battery design patent-protected hindering third party manufacturers to replicate it. Well, with dropping M10 prices hopefully those battery prices will also come down more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted August 2, 2020 Share #34 Posted August 2, 2020 There are so few sold compared to other batteries it wouldn’t be lucrative to clone a battery for an M camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 2, 2020 Share #35 Posted August 2, 2020 Battery life on my m262 is such a joy after the dreadful performance on my olympus pen ep-5 camera. Its a massive priority for me,much more important than megapixels and slightly slimmer body size . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregm61 Posted August 2, 2020 Share #36 Posted August 2, 2020 Hard to beat the battery performance. Charges go on and on and my two continue charging to 100% at almost 5 years old now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted August 2, 2020 Share #37 Posted August 2, 2020 10 minutes ago, Gregm61 said: Hard to beat the battery performance. Charges go on and on and my two continue charging to 100% at almost 5 years old now. +1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo Posted August 2, 2020 Share #38 Posted August 2, 2020 + another 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted August 2, 2020 Share #39 Posted August 2, 2020 14 hours ago, jdlaing said: There are so few sold compared to other batteries it wouldn’t be lucrative to clone a battery for an M camera. Hmm, the M240/262 series sold in numbers similar to the M10 I guess. But yes, quantity is overall much smaller compared to a Sony or Fuji MLC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhluxton Posted August 8, 2020 Share #40 Posted August 8, 2020 I bought an ME240 July 2019 as I had received some PPI compensation and thought a second Leica M body might be useful with my unexpected windfall. Anyway I fireed away with my ME240 and M262 and have never run out of battery power yet. I think about 50% s the lowest I have reached. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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