Originally posted by dakight I have noticed something about the K-50 battery indicator and I just thought I'd verify what I think is happening. A couple of times I saw the battery indicator displaying a yellow color and a level of about 25% of the scale then later it would be green and nearer to 75-80% of scale. Today it happened again so I did some checking and found that when I activate live view the indicated battery life drops down and the scale turns yellow. I think the indicator is showing estimated remaining battery charge rather than actually current charge level. This is different that most devices I'm familiar with but it does make sense if that's in fact what it is doing.
This is quite normal since live view drains a lot of power, but it doesn't mean that your battery is actually that low. If you're using a third party battery, it could also be to blame.
Adam
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