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01/27/2009 12:49:01 PM · #1 |
The battery charge indicator on both my Rebel and 40D have a funny habit. They tend to always indicate a full charge. After a lot of use, when I'd expect the charge to be depleted, and the indicator still shows a full charge, I disconnect the battery grip from the camera and reconnect it. Then the indicator changes it's mind and shows the battery on its last bar of charge.
What's up with that, Willis?
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01/27/2009 12:50:57 PM · #2 |
Mine also seems to go from full charge to dead in one click. I don't use a grip, so I don't think that's the problem.
eta: On the plus side, a full charge does seem to last forever on this camera.
Message edited by author 2009-01-27 12:52:07. |
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01/27/2009 12:52:07 PM · #3 |
| Sounds like a battery grip issue. I don't use the grip and have never run into that. |
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01/27/2009 01:00:34 PM · #4 |
| never seen that on my 40d. |
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01/27/2009 01:01:55 PM · #5 |
| Mine always seems to appear as a full charge when I look. Then one day it is on the last bar. I know a single charge lasts a long time on the 40D. Sometimes I go weeks before changing batteries. The meter seems to react the same whether the grip is on or not. |
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01/27/2009 01:03:59 PM · #6 |
My 40d does eactly the same thing. It is always fully charged, until suddenly it's not...
I use a battery grip all the time, so it might be that, as someone pointed out.
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01/27/2009 01:04:25 PM · #7 |
| i think canon needs to add a few more levels of "indication" to the indicator. currently it only has two levels, full charge and half charge. |
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01/27/2009 02:06:43 PM · #8 |
judging by the flashing lights on my charger, i think that the when the camera battery indicator is on the last bar, that is half the charge left / gone.
i have never experienced slippys problem though (i don't use a grip either)
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01/27/2009 02:19:12 PM · #9 |
| My 40D seems to show as a full charge until I have 20-40 shots left (dependent on conditions) - so yes, I have the same problem.. The camera can be showing it as fully charged, but if I then put it in the battery charger it will blink to show it is less than 50% charged. |
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01/27/2009 02:19:34 PM · #10 |
| My 40D stays on full for quite a while, then goes to the last bar, where it stays for a long time before flashing to say that it needs changing/charging. It is a recognised problem that has been inferred in magazines, although not specifically for certain Canon's. It has apparently been fixed in the 50D and 5D Mk2 (it was in those reviews I saw mention of it). |
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