I've been using two 20D's for over two years now. I shoot weddings and sports. I usually shoot several hundred shots per night. I have never seen my battery indicator at anything other than FULL. I shot a sport tonight without having recharged because they still showed full. I usually do recharge but time did not allow so I went with out charging. Tonight I lost all power and it showed completely empty. Does your 20D ever indicate a lower than full reading. I had extra batteries with me and got it all back up and working just fine but I don't like the fact that they went from full to dead without warning.
Tom

