AND the 4T and 4Ti have battery drain of 5 microamps all the time, with
the display off, no matter what all the dials are set to. :-0
John
GMA wrote:
>
> Giles;
>
> Too much is made of this problem IMO. Some 2Sps and 4s develop this
> problem, but not all of them. The requisite battery - 357 - is very
> cheap compared with say the lithium battery in a Nikon F601. For the
> price of just one of these you could buy quite a few 357s. The
> simple work around is when you have finished shooting, unscrew the
> battery cover, reverse one of the batteries and replace the cover.
> No more battery drain between outings.
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> What a brilliant solution! I would sometimes remove the batteries. Then of
> course have to be sure they don't short out and burn themselves up. And
> there's the matter of finding them next time they're needed.
> Kudos to you for this.
>
> The 4Ti is apparently imune to developing this problem so perhaps
> that is the model to aim for.
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> I still say the 4Ti and the 4T are the same camera.
>
> George
>
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