ampguy
Veteran
wow
wow
Seems significantly lower. I can fill almost 2 - 2GB cards on a fully charged battery on the M8, but always carry a spare.
wow
Seems significantly lower. I can fill almost 2 - 2GB cards on a fully charged battery on the M8, but always carry a spare.
yanidel
Well-known
Difficult to compare users as some have auto-review on, others save in uncompress, others chimp a lot ...
Richard Marks
Rexel
Presumably a bigger sensor must consume more power and presumably the same applies to image processing. If so given that the battery is unchanged it would not be surprising if it is not lasting as long on an M9.
I am still astounded that the M9 has changed so little from the M8 other than the full frame aspect.
Maybe an expensive pro grip is on the horizon after all.
Richard
I am still astounded that the M9 has changed so little from the M8 other than the full frame aspect.
Maybe an expensive pro grip is on the horizon after all.
Richard
Tom Diaz
Well-known
No, that's not my experience. Please see my amended note.
Tom Diaz
Well-known
I was wrong about that. The one-charge-per-card was due to the fact that my "Auto Power Off' item was disabled. I often put the camera down or in the case without shutting off the mechanical switch. I set it to 5 minutes and now have a better experience.
The battery drain is somewhat more than the M8 (I have not measured either one carefully) but definitely something I can live with. I always carried a spare, charged battery with my M8 also.
Tom
Richard Marks
Rexel
Well a few people have said its the little improvements that make the M9 so much better. Little detroments like this and the outdated LCD do nothing for me. They would really start to bug me with the passage of time. One really should not have to be making concilatory 'I can live with it' type of comments for the money involved. It should be spot on.
Incidentally Tom I am sure you know this but turing down the display brightenss makes a big differemnce to power consumption.
Richard