M11-p battery - too rapid capacity drop rate?

[So was Red]

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I've noticed a (what seems to me) significant battery capacity drop too fast. 
Went out shooting on the street earlier on today  for about an 1 hr and a half and the battery capacity dropped from 50% to 5%. Power switch was On all the time, the camera would wake up my simply touching the shutter button. Auto preview Off, LiveView mainly switched off.
Shot about 80 photos. I did, however, preview most of the photos for an instant  and fiddled with the settings a couple of times, for example I switched between highlight-weighted and Multi-field metering modes once or twice. 
My M11-P Safari is four months old and is running on the latest firmware. 
Already performed a factory reset the other day.

I've seen posts of owners celebrating the exceptionally long battery life of the M11. I don't see how just pressing the shutter in my copy and occasionally using the preview button could deplete so much battery power.
Please advise!

[Stef63]

What was the experience from 100% to 50% battery? Similar, only 80 shots or much more?

[frame-it]

1 hour ago, So was Red said:

I've noticed a (what seems to me) significant battery capacity drop too fast. 
Went out shooting on the street earlier on today  for about an 1 hr and a half and the battery capacity dropped from 50% to 5%. Power switch was On all the time, the camera would wake up my simply touching the shutter button. Auto preview Off, LiveView mainly switched off.
Shot about 80 photos. I did, however, preview most of the photos for an instant  and fiddled with the settings a couple of times, for example I switched between highlight-weighted and Multi-field metering modes once or twice. 
My M11-P Safari is four months old and is running on the latest firmware. 
Already performed a factory reset the other day.

I've seen posts of owners celebrating the exceptionally long battery life of the M11. I don't see how just pressing the shutter in my copy and occasionally using the preview button could deplete so much battery power.
Please advise!

screen brightness?

[So was Red]

1 hour ago, Stef63 said:

What was the experience from 100% to 50% battery? Similar, only 80 shots or much more?

I can't remember how many photos I took exactly, but it was no more than 20 or 30 before the battery dropped to 85%.
After that, what I do remember is the battery percentage dropping from 85% to 50% at increments of 5% when I browsed through and fiddled with the menu and settings in three or four different "getting to know my camera sessions" in different days, for about 15-20 minutes each, give or take.

Edited yesterday at 12:14 PM by So was Red

[So was Red]

2 minutes ago, frame-it said:

screen brightness?

Set to 0.

[jaapv]

Switch off WiFi and Bluetooth.

[So was Red]

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10 minutes ago, jaapv said:

Switch off WiFi and Bluetooth.

Thanks. Will try that.

Hopefully that's the culprit. 

[jgeenen]

vor 2 Stunden schrieb So was Red:

Went out shooting on the street earlier on today  for about an 1 hr and a half and the battery capacity dropped from 50% to 5%. Power switch was On all the time, the camera would wake up my simply touching the shutter button. Auto preview Off, LiveView mainly switched off.

What are your „power saving mode“ settings in the „camera settings“ menu? Try to play with „camera standby“. I usually set mine to five minutes, which for my shooting style is the ideal balance between battery saving and fast wake up. WiFi and Bluetooth is always on and in performance mode. I want to have GPS updates from Leica Fotos as quickly as possible. I cannot say that connectivity settings has a serious effect on battery lifetime. 

from gut feeling however I would say that the battery depletes faster from 50 to 10% than from 100 to 60%. So, keep your battery charged to a decent level.

[Tseg]

Is it a new(er) camera/battery?  I know some batteries can be squirrelly their first couple of charges.

Edited 22 hours ago by Tseg

[Haldw777]

7 hours ago, So was Red said:

I've noticed a (what seems to me) significant battery capacity drop too fast. 
Went out shooting on the street earlier on today  for about an 1 hr and a half and the battery capacity dropped from 50% to 5%. Power switch was On all the time, the camera would wake up my simply touching the shutter button. Auto preview Off, LiveView mainly switched off.
Shot about 80 photos. I did, however, preview most of the photos for an instant  and fiddled with the settings a couple of times, for example I switched between highlight-weighted and Multi-field metering modes once or twice. 
My M11-P Safari is four months old and is running on the latest firmware. 
Already performed a factory reset the other day.

I've seen posts of owners celebrating the exceptionally long battery life of the M11. I don't see how just pressing the shutter in my copy and occasionally using the preview button could deplete so much battery power.
Please advise!

This isn't usual M11 battery life, not even remotely.  However, Li batteries do fail.  When they do, their capacity tends to drop off a cliff edge - and the change in capacity can occur quite quickly between uses.  I think you need a new battery; there's no mystery or camera settings that you need to change.  None of the suggested changes are that power hungry.

[frame-it]

3 hours ago, Haldw777 said:

None of the suggested changes are that power hungry.

screen brightness is power hungry on almost all cameras

[Derbyshire Man]

I’ve had a couple of episodes of that over the last two years. Camera body came out physically hot. Leica store suggested it was endlessly nudging the shutter button as side ways in my bag, possibly. So think about how it’s being held between shots. Also turn fotos connection to eco (if it’s on).

[justj]

My M11p Safari has similar battery performance, typically lasting around 80-100 shots (with no review) before dropping to 50% capacity. It also tends to heat up quickly if left on for a few minutes. In contrast, the loaned M11 doesn't get as warm, though its battery performance is roughly the same. 

I raised my concern with Leica, but they informed me that the battery requires a few cycles to reach its optimal performance. However, after months of use, the battery's performance has not improved. After using the M11, I now consider 200 shots on a full battery to be normal.

[JNK100]

I can get 600-700 or shots which is 3x what I get from a Q3.

Wifi and BT off, minimal chomping and minimal changing of settings.and transfer by removing SD card.

Power off after two minutes.

I hope you get it sorted.

[jaapv]

Also consider the way you use the camera; If you have set auto-shutoff to 5 minutes and take a photograph every 4 minutes it will be on all the time. That alone will probably drain half a battery. 

[jakontil]

23 hours ago, jaapv said:

Switch off WiFi and Bluetooth.

 

22 hours ago, So was Red said:

Thanks. Will try that.

Hopefully that's the culprit. 

It will not affect battery as much.. except if doing liveview through the apps.. i keep it on all the time and use the background transfer.. but experience is not like OP.. but hope it’s just a glitch and sorted out

[So was Red]

4 hours ago, justj said:

I raised my concern with Leica, but they informed me that the battery requires a few cycles to reach its optimal performance.

 

That might well be the case, however optimal performance is one thing, and poor performance is quite another.

I've just read in another thread that you've sent your copy to Leica, I hope the issues you've encountered are remedied and that you go back to using your camera to the full enjoyment an M offers.

Edited 21 minutes ago by So was Red

[So was Red]

51 minutes ago, jakontil said:

 

It will not affect battery as much.. except if doing liveview through the apps.. i keep it on all the time and use the background transfer.. but experience is not like OP.. but hope it’s just a glitch and sorted out

Thank you all for chiming in.

I shall start with adopting the settings that seem to have the least impact on battery performance and will report back.