300D battery meter

[dtrayers]

I'm considering a 300D purchase and have done a lot of research, but I couldn't find any info on the battery meter.

It seems that with my G3, the meter shows either a full battery or that it's about to die. There is very little notice that it's getting low.

How's the meter on the 300D? Does it show the true state of charge, or is it more like the G3?

Thanks!

[BruceMcL]

dtrayers wrote:
I'm considering a 300D purchase and have done a lot of research, but I couldn't find any info on the battery meter.

It seems that with my G3, the meter shows either a full battery or that it's about to die. There is very little notice that it's getting low.

How's the meter on the 300D? Does it show the true state of charge, or is it more like the G3?

Thanks!

When I purchased my 300D I took some pictures with it out of the box. I think the dealer had given the battery a partial charge but it was not fully charged. I noted the little battery icon was about half there and so I gave it a full charge (about 3 hours). Now the battery icon fully shows and I've made maybe a 100 plus shots with no change in the icon's appearance.

While it doesn't indicate the state of the charge in percentages I do think it is informative enough to be useful. It's like my Braun electric razor. The battery icon starts to disappear from the electrode end until only the other end is visible when the charge is almost depleted. That's when I know it's time to give it the juice.

[chris maddock]

Looking at the photos on review sites - it's the same design visually as the 10D, so it's probably the same electronically.

With that assumption in mind, for what it's worth, my 10D usually drops the battery display to the low mark by early-to-mid morning of a day's shooting (60-100 shots), then carries on for the rest of the day and at least as many shots again before dying. It certainly isn't a short time between the low warning and a flat battery.

Obviously, it will be dependant on battery condition, working temperature, use of IS lenses, amount of focussing whether shooting or not, etc., etc, but I'm confident that mine "under-reads" to some extent. I can live with that - and a spare battery in my pocket ;-)

HTH
Chris