-- -----Original Message----- -- From: Ryan Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 8:19 AM -- -- I just had a curious thing happen with my battery grip. My -- 5n has been on a -- break for a couple of weeks, after shooting about 3 or 4 -- rolls. On a couple -- of occasions, I've forgotten to switch it off as well, -- sometimes for just an -- hour or two, once overnight. Anyway, I was quite -- disappointed to see the -- battery indicator flashing so soon, so I removed the 4 -- Energizer e2 alkaline -- batteries (battery of choice, usually long lasting, and Big -- W has packets of -- 8 going for around AUD11, maybe USD7.50). -- -- Quite amused by those inbuilt battery life testers, I picked up each -- (presumably dead) battery and pressed the designated points -- as hard as I -- could to see if I could get a green mark to light up, and -- the strangest -- thing- the first battery was dead flat, while the other 3 -- were full or very -- close to it! They were all from the same batch, straight -- from a new packet -- into the camera. Would anyone have an idea of how this could -- be possible? I -- thought they were all in a serial circuit.. -- -- Other things I'm considering- for a while I actually removed -- the grip from -- the camera just for storage reasons (leaving the batteries -- in), could that -- have contributed anything? Also, I used the 360fgz for a few -- rolls (not sure -- how much this would factor in, since it does use 4 batteries -- of its own). -- -- Curiouser and curiouser! Any thoughts? -- -- Ryan -- Ryan,
This is correct. I always have a battery tester on hand when I shoot. I have found, time after time, that when I check the four batteries that have shown as depleted on the unit it is almost always only one of them that is low. I have been able to reuse the other three with no problems. I actually came across this by accident. A friend was moving out of the area and had a bag of batteries to be disposed of at the military base. I told him I would take care of it. Just for fun I went through them with a battery tester. A great majority of them were useable. As a matter of fact, I still have quite a few of them still in my refrigerator. As for battery storage, I usually remove batteries and keep them band them together for use later. This minimizes any chance of battery leakage - but then again I have quite a bit of gear that it may be a while before I get back to an item. C�sar Panama City, Florida
