I had a 1Ds battery give up holding its charge or lasting a decent length of time, after a few weeks use. I spoke to CPS who said take it back to the shop - and they gave me a new one. Apparently some are simply a bit crap. If it's out of guarantee then I suppose it's time to buy a new one.

In general batteries never seem to last. I recently bought a new powerbook battery, it holds around 3 hours charge. The one it replaced, after 18 months would only hold about 20 mins.

David Purdie

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On 14 Aug 2004, at 11:49, Mark Sykes wrote:

I'm not sure I agree with the battery capacity being related to focus
problems. Shooting on the 1Ds in studio yesterday the battery low warning
was flashing for some time before the camera shut down. AF was fine right to
the end.
However I do have a concern with the battery or possibly charger or possibly
both. The day before both batteries had been charged. When put on charge the
battery in question immediately showed full with blinking light on charger.
However it failed after around 90 minutes shooting. This is not the first
time this has happened. Has anyone else experienced this?



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