T2i, battery issues

Hi all, newbie here and I haven't posted for a while, how is everyone doing?

I've had this problem ever since I got my used T2i.

My batteries never seem to be fully charged. A supposedly fully charged (with the green light lid on the charger) will only indicate 2 bars on my T2i, like so:

Check a battery after a charge with an electrical tester, if the DC reading is what the battery DC rating is, then it's a false camera reading, if it's not charged to battery spec it's the charger.

Don't know what you are expecting, but the battery in the camera in your first pic is showing a full charge.

rrblint wrote in post #16156997
Don't know what you are expecting, but the battery in the camera in your first pic is showing a full charge.

... no? It's showing 2 bars, or blocks. Whatever it is, it's at half.

Say Chi Sin Lo wrote in post #16157093
... no? It's showing 2 bars, or blocks. Whatever it is, it's at half.

No, it is not. The photo shows your camera displaying a fully charged battery. Just so you know, the battery indicator is to the left of the "2203". I think you must be looking at the "AUTO LIGHTING OPTIMIZER" setting, two squares above the "3" in the 2203. That has nothing to do with the battery. Your battery IS fully charged in the photo you posted.

The three white trapazoids within the battery outline are the indicators for full battery charge, not the two dark spaces between them.

See page 28 in the instruction manual

Tommy1957 wrote in post #16157133
No, it is not. The photo shows your camera displaying a fully charged battery. Just so you know, the battery indicator is to the left of the "2203". I think you must be looking at the "AUTO LIGHTING OPTIMIZER" setting, two squares above the "3" in the 2203. That has nothing to do with the battery. Your battery IS fully charged in the photo you posted.

rrblint wrote in post #16157169
The three white trapazoids within the battery outline are the indicators for full battery charge, not the two dark spaces between them.

BobG wrote in post #16157170
See page 28 in the instruction manual

... well that's embarrassing. I've never seen a battery indicator designed so.