So we have a new battery?

[Photoworks]

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The Q3 has a new battery with 2200mAh . Same size.

What is the benefit on the SL2?

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4 hours ago, Photoworks said:

The Q3 has a new battery with 2200mAh . Same size.

What is the benefit on the SL2?

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Presumably more el-juice... Which would be good, for the SL2-bodies eat batteries. 

[Chuck Albertson]

And about $100 off the cost of the SCL4.

[padam]

Camera compatibility: Leica Q3 | Q2 *| SL2* |SL2-S *| SL*

Note* The certifications of the battery with these camera models are in process and completed by:

• Leica Q2 by the end of September 2023
• Leica SL2 | SL2-S by the end of July 2023
• Leica SL by the end of December 2023
  
  The question is: will the cameras work the same as before, e.g. disabling high-speed continuous and 4K recording modes below a certain percentage?

[BernardC]

16 hours ago, padam said:

he question is: will the cameras work the same as before, e.g. disabling high-speed continuous and 4K recording modes below a certain percentage?

Probably yes, but the follow-up question is "will the percentage be the same as before?" Presumably they can set the threshold 20% lower, since the new battery has 20% more power.

Leica does this to avoid having the camera run-out of battery in the middle of a 4K shot, or a high-speed continuous sequence. The threshold used to be quite high with non-Leica L-Mount lenses, but that was fixed several firmware revisions ago.

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I’m just pleased it’s like a 100bucks cheaper…

Robb

[LBJ2]

On 5/25/2023 at 2:56 PM, padam said:

Camera compatibility: Leica Q3 | Q2 *| SL2* |SL2-S *| SL*

Note* The certifications of the battery with these camera models are in process and completed by:

• Leica Q2 by the end of September 2023
• Leica SL2 | SL2-S by the end of July 2023
• Leica SL by the end of December 2023
  
  The question is: will the cameras work the same as before, e.g. disabling high-speed continuous and 4K recording modes below a certain percentage?

I'm going for it. By the time this battery is available for sale again, I'm sure it will have been "certified" for the SL2 and then there will be another run on inventory, particularly if found it doesn't disable high-speed continuous and 4K recording modes at about 20% battery on the SL2 or we get more time with the battery before it disables those features. 

[pickerdd]

Will the new battery require a charger other than the existing SL2 battery charger?

[MediaFotografie]

vor einer Stunde schrieb pickerdd:

Will the new battery require a charger other than the existing SL2 battery charger?

no, it's the same! good news

[pickerdd]

3 hours ago, MediaFotografie said:

no, it's the same! good news

excellent and it's cheaper! very cool.

[trickness]

Has anybody actually got one of these and tried it in an SL body yet?

[akiralx]

The new one is AS40 more here in Aus... 🤔

[LBJ2]

On 6/14/2023 at 7:03 AM, trickness said:

Has anybody actually got one of these and tried it in an SL body yet?

I just bought/have the new Q3 battery to use in my SL2 camera. It has zero charge left out of the box ( first time I've seen that with a battery purchase) Or maybe it doesn't charge my SL2. Need to check that out with the SL2 charger regardless.

My idea is to test this new, stronger battery ( I think I read 18-20% stronger?) on my SL2 to see if:

1. It helps eliminate the camera block for using high speed continuous or 4K settings when the current SL battery drops below 20% charge. 

2. Or, maybe just gives me another 18-20% usage/time over the current SL battery before the camera blocks access to high speed continuous or shooting 4K mode settings when the battery drops below 20% charge.

I'm not exactly sure how best to test #2, if some of you have some advice/ideas 🙏🏼 
 

[bherman01545]

Also, regarding this BP-SCL6 or even the new BP-SCL4 battery, do not initially charge the battery in a Nitecore Charger. The battery will charge up, but if you try to charge it again or top it off in the Leica charger, the green light will go on, and the amber light will just flicker, indicating an error. You then need to partially discharge the battery and then complete it he charge cycle in the Leica charger. Leica support told me that the initial charge should be in a Leica charger due to the chip 

[LBJ2]

3 hours ago, bherman01545 said:

Also, regarding this BP-SCL6 or even the new BP-SCL4 battery, do not initially charge the battery in a Nitecore Charger. The battery will charge up, but if you try to charge it again or top it off in the Leica charger, the green light will go on, and the amber light will just flicker, indicating an error. You then need to partially discharge the battery and then complete it he charge cycle in the Leica charger. Leica support told me that the initial charge should be in a Leica charger due to the chip 

Good to know. I did indeed perform the very first BP-SCL6 charge out of the box with the Leica SL2 charger. Seems to have charged as expected so off to a good start/experiment with the SL2. 

[LBJ2]

On 6/15/2023 at 6:07 PM, LBJ2 said:

I just bought/have the new Q3 battery to use in my SL2 camera. It has zero charge left out of the box ( first time I've seen that with a battery purchase) Or maybe it doesn't charge my SL2. Need to check that out with the SL2 charger regardless.

My idea is to test this new, stronger battery ( I think I read 18-20% stronger?) on my SL2 to see if:

1. It helps eliminate the camera block for using high speed continuous or 4K settings when the current SL battery drops below 20% charge. 

2. Or, maybe just gives me another 18-20% usage/time over the current SL battery before the camera blocks access to high speed continuous or shooting 4K mode settings when the battery drops below 20% charge.

I'm not exactly sure how best to test #2, if some of you have some advice/ideas 🙏🏼 
 

Update: Upon my first test, it seems the SL2 camera will still present "Battery Power not sufficient for 4K recoding and Continuous Shooting" even with the more powerful Q3 battery, when the Q3 battery falls to about 20% charge😢 at least with the current SL2 firmware v 5.1. *From what I read earlier in this thread, Leica is still in the process of certifying the Q3 battery for use in the SL2 camera. Results due this month(July) hopefully. 

Also since the Q3 is about 18% stronger than the original SL2 battery maybe one way to look at it is the Q3 battery may provide up to about 18% more shooting time before it blocks 4K recording/Continuous Shooting at 20% or below battery charge.

Pretty easy to work with if this doesn't catch you off guard otherwise. But still...

[Photoworks]

I was not expecting a miracle. the only way to eliminate the 4K issue is to use a battery grip with 2nd battery.

For sone shooting the USBC external battery works to provide longer power delivery, but doesn't provide enough to keep the batteries of the cameras charged.

[Elliot Saulten]

So I was able to get hold of two of the new batteries. I charged them in the same charger as what came with my Sl2 and Sl2s, no problem full charge in about the same time as the others. Loaded only one in the Sl2s and it started and shut down without any malfunctions.  I then too about 50 or so photos and all was good. I still have plenty of battery showing and I am quite happy with the experiment.  As a side note as previously mentioned in other posts the batteries cost about $100 less than the old ones.  In the packaging there was a date code list for their manufacture, mine was March 2023.

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On 6/15/2023 at 12:14 AM, akiralx said:

The new one is AS40 more here in Aus... 🤔

It appears to be £20 more in the UK.