[Leica] DMR Battery Information

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

James you'll pardon me as your new but we've had guys here for years who've
insisted that the screen on the back of the camera didn't need to be there.
Go in the way. Ruined its sleek lines. Tape it over! But you're not one of
those.

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Mark William Rabiner
Photography
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
mark at rabinergroup.com


> From: "James R. Nelon" <jnelon at netvigator.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:01:51 -0400
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] DMR Battery Information
> 
> Mark,
> 
> When I say I don't chimp, I mean that I don't have any time to look at the
> images just taken when eight horses and riders are thundering by. I have
> already set the shutter speed that I want and the ISO at 400 and am 
> shooting
> as fast as the R8/DMR allows. The exposure system is so accurate that I
> seldomly find the images off, even after the fact, so I don't look or worry
> about that, especially since I'm shooting RAW. The major problem that I 
> find
> wrong after the fact is that the image was out of focus. But still no
> chimping until the images reach LR3, if that can still be called chimping.
> 
> I will post some images from the October 3 Myopia Polo match when I can get
> the time. Other images from a September Myopia Polo match (109 of them) are
> already up at:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jnelon/
> 
> Jim Nelon
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jnelon=netvigator.com at leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jnelon=netvigator.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
> Mark
> Rabiner
> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 8:34 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] DMR Battery Information
> 
> I think it might be different to tell with 4 batteries to keep track of
> which ones are working real well and which ones are doing better than
> others.
> 
> You don't chimp means you don't check your shots as you are shooting them?
> 
> Any pix to see?
> 
> --------------------
> Mark William Rabiner
> Photography
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
> mark at rabinergroup.com
> 
> 
>> From: "James R. Nelon" <jnelon at netvigator.com>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:46:10 -0400
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Cc: <MichaelBass at GMail.com>
>> Subject: [Leica] DMR Battery Information
>> 
>> I want to share some information with the LUG about DMR batteries.
>> I've got four DMR batteries, two of which are showing signs of
>> fatigue. I had an interesting conversation with Michael Bass about
>> rebuilding the batteries with fresh cells. One of the DMR batteries
>> reads half full after a full fresh charge. Using that battery, I
>> squeezed off over four hundred (nearly) continuous shots before the
>> battery expired. Yet in the field the battery dies within an hour or
>> so of shooting polo a couple of Sunday's ago. And I don't chimp. That
>> tells me that the main battery drain using an R8/DMR combination is
>> not so much the shutter power requirements as it is the "just being
>> on" requirements. I'm going to send the battery to Michael to have him
>> replace the cells. But I'd like any other insights anyone has as to
>> why the freshly charged battery shows a half charge, yet it can provide
> over 400 quick shots yet die in the field in less than an hour.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Jim Nelon
>> 
>> 
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