> 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).
>
> 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.
The same thing ALWAYS happens with 2CR5 batteries in my
Elan IIe when shooting in cold weather. I take a new battery
out of my shirt pocket, swap them and put the old battery in
my shirt pocket. Soon the new battery will do the exact same
thing and I'll swap batteries again. It's a royal pain in the
neck but it's the only way I can get through an outdoor shoot
in cold weather. An I'm not talking about snow and freezing
temperatures. This happens when it's below 50 degrees F.
-= Ken =-
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