Obis van Kenobis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote/replied to: >Something happened to my EOS 50. When I press the shutter release, the icon >displaying the empty battery starts blinking. The mirror in fact stays in raised >position. I need to press the shutter release button for the second time in order to >get the mirror down, otherwise mirror remains blocked in raised position. I thought >it could be battery, so I replaced it, but the problem persists. Any ideas what could >be wrong and is it serious? > >Thanks, > >Valdas
Is this perhaps the famous battery problem, solved with a paper shim to hold the battery tighter in contact? Or using a different battery make? Battery contacts should be cleaned as well as the lens mounts cleaned. Let us know if you fix it please. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
