On Mon, 1 Jan 2001, Ken Lin wrote:
> I usually find out the 2CR5 battery in my EOS-3 is dead when I trip the
> shutter release and the mirror goes up but never comes down! The battery
> status indicator has never been useful in giving me a reliable indication
> even though I check them regularly, I recall several times when the status
> bar shows all three, and very shortly after the camera would just die
> without warning (at least not that I have noticed).
Actually, it does work, but the battery drains very fast when it starts to
fail. If you pay special attention though, you'll notice that the usual
camera sounds (i.e. film advance and shutter) change when the battery goes
down. this is how I know I need to change my battery...
> This last time I did notice before the "unintended mirror-lockup" that the
> AF was chattering a bit on the EF100-400 (IS was on) and seems to be unable
> to lock on focus even though it is bright daylight condition, I checked the
> battery status and sure enough it showed only one bar, I had checked the
> battery status no more than 5 or 6 frames before that and it still showed
> full 3 bars.
You know what the funny part is, when you turn the camera off, then on, it
is likely that you will get 3 bars, even though the indicator showed 1 bar
before turning it off. However, as soon as you activate focus or fire the
shutter, the indicator will show 1. ;P
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Patrice Chiniara
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