Does BMD Pocket battery go to 100% ?

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popcornflix

Does BMD Pocket battery go to 100% ?

PostFri Sep 27, 2013 1:31 am

Just got my BMD Pocket camera (no orbs, but black sun, need to update) --

Does the battery gauge ever reach 100%? I charged it for almost 2 hours, and it still reads 99%.

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Re: Does BMD Pocket battery go to 100% ?

PostFri Sep 27, 2013 1:36 am

Same result
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Re: Does BMD Pocket battery go to 100% ?

PostFri Sep 27, 2013 1:53 am

No, mine goes to 99 or 98% when a fully charged battery goes in. Seems booting camera drops the meter a little. Also meter show battery drain faster than it really is.
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Aaron Green

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Re: Does BMD Pocket battery go to 100% ?

PostFri Sep 27, 2013 2:08 am

Mine goes to 100% with nikon batteries, but not the blackmagic battery.
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Re: Does BMD Pocket battery go to 100% ?

PostFri Sep 27, 2013 2:35 am

it does if i'm using the ikan battery plate. otherwise i use an external battery charger.
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Re: Does BMD Pocket battery go to 100% ?

PostFri Sep 27, 2013 7:56 am

If you pay close attention to something like a charging phone, that last few percent take forever. And in some cases they never charge to 100%... They go into a trickle charge mode when they're close to full as a safety measure.

But don't worry 1% doesn't go that far anyway. I wouldn't agonize about the theoretical loss of a few seconds of record time...

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