John Hermanson wrote:
>
> I have not heard of this condition.
>
> John
>
> BGA Services, Inc. wrote:
>
> > Hi all!
> > employees bought the company an Olympus IS-20 DLX a couple of weeks
> > ago (that they neglected to mention for some mysterious reason :) ).
> > They take pictures of suspicious vehicles and such, and needed a
> > reliable camera that's easy to use. Appearently, it worked great
> > until this weekend when I found out they'd bought it. Utilizing
> > my freshly obtained camera prowess, I suggested they purchase and
> > install a UV filter for it so as to protect the lens since the damn
> > thing apperently cost me a small fortune... The built in lens cap
> > fit nicely with the filter attatched and I thought nothing else
> > about it.
> >
> > Anyway, since they installed the filter, it's burning through a
> > pair of batteries every day. The camera has been left turned off
--
Bethany;
Hard to imagine the filter causing the problem. Sounds like camera
'infant-mortality' to me. My IS-3 is quite frugal with batteries, even
when I use flash a lot. Haven't changed 'em in months.
george :>)
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