tredlie Posted August 6, 2014 Share #1 Posted August 6, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Dear All recently, I have observed that a newly charged battery was reported as being low on power by the M9 (bleeding edge firmware). After reinserting the battery everything seemed fine. I have two batteries (plus a noname which seems not to work: can't get it charged so that it is accepted by the camera) and I would thus be surprised, if they are already at the end of their life cycle. Any idea what this may be indicative of? cheers Tred Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DigitalHeMan Posted August 6, 2014 Share #2 Posted August 6, 2014 I saw that once as well - reinserting did the trick. My only thought was that the camera had some kind of memory effect, since when I previously removed the battery it was low Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 6, 2014 Share #3 Posted August 6, 2014 Well, the camera and (original) battery synchronize the calibration, so I can imagine this happening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredlie Posted August 6, 2014 Author Share #4 Posted August 6, 2014 Thanks for your response. That was also my impression: I only hope that the batteries will not die on me on the upcoming Canada trip Thanks again Tred Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWC Doppel Posted August 8, 2014 Share #5 Posted August 8, 2014 I have had two batteries (gen, I long since gave up on the ebay cheapies with my M8) and have used them alternating on my M9-P for the last 2+ years. 16k actuations later they are still pretty good. Every now and then one seems to hold less than 100% charge, I then adjust the M9 menu and leave a picture on the back until it properly dies with zero left in it, charge overnight and all good again. I know these batteries are not supposed to have memories but completely emptying and then recharging does kick some life back in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted August 8, 2014 Share #6 Posted August 8, 2014 I have had two batteries (gen, I long since gave up on the ebay cheapies with my M8) and have used them alternating on my M9-P for the last 2+ years. 16k actuations later they are still pretty good. Every now and then one seems to hold less than 100% charge, I then adjust the M9 menu and leave a picture on the back until it properly dies with zero left in it, charge overnight and all good again. I know these batteries are not supposed to have memories but completely emptying and then recharging does kick some life back in Knowing what I do about LCD Screens that is not such a hot idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWC Doppel Posted August 8, 2014 Share #7 Posted August 8, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Knowing what I do about LCD Screens that is not such a hot idea. For the screen ratter than the battery ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 8, 2014 Share #8 Posted August 8, 2014 I have had two batteries (gen, I long since gave up on the ebay cheapies with my M8) and have used them alternating on my M9-P for the last 2+ years. 16k actuations later they are still pretty good. Every now and then one seems to hold less than 100% charge, I then adjust the M9 menu and leave a picture on the back until it properly dies with zero left in it, charge overnight and all good again. I know these batteries are not supposed to have memories but completely emptying and then recharging does kick some life back in It is not a memory effect you are resetting the calibration between the camera and the battery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalHeMan Posted August 8, 2014 Share #9 Posted August 8, 2014 For the screen ratter than the battery ? jdlaing may be referring to the idea of image burn in that has been an issue since the CRT days. There is an article at http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_burn-in that discusses this. However for most LCD screens this is only transient. It would be interesting to check with CS though to see if the screen could be damaged by leaving the same image on display for a long time, although I doubt it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted August 8, 2014 Share #10 Posted August 8, 2014 For the screen ratter than the battery ? Correct. Heat is not friendly as the screen is in close proximity to relatively sensitive patrs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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