On 28/9/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: > >Based on my conversations with the folks doing power for laptops, >it's far trickier than you might think. Battery state is pretty dynamic.
Professional video camera batteries include 'logic' electronics status, a method of communicating battery levels with the camera. I get 20% increment lights on the side of the batteries, and the appropriate level indicator in the viewfinder. That's as close as it gets, and this on batteries costing several hundred GBP each. The battery level indicator on the 1D is pretty clumsy. A battery icon that shows its entirety when full - to - half, shows half of the icon at half - to - empty, and flashes that half when about to expire. Bag-o- shite really. It means I carry a spare battery as mandatory. Mind you, it does last a fair amount of time during casual use. HTH Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
