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My X100 resets to factory automatically when the battery is removed and put in back

Started Mar 12, 2017 | Discussions thread
Joachim Gerstl
Joachim Gerstl Veteran Member • Posts: 9,169
Re: My X100 resets to factory automatically when the battery is removed and put in back
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UGPRO wrote:

OMG!! i found a relevant thread, that too of 2012 :

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3211603

So, its a known issue and happened with an year old camera too. Let me try reinstalling and parking it for a couple of days or a week and observe.

If its related to internal battery, then my Nikon D7000 which is left without a battery in it for more than a year, had all the custom settings in tact when i dusted it off recently to test my friend's new Sigma DX lens. Strange!!

It's not an issue it is the technology used. As already pointed out: there is a capacitor that holds the settings not a battery. The capacitor will be charged by the battery that you (for whatever reason) removed. Now the capacitor can't recharge and consequently the settings get lost. Solution: Just leave the battery in the camera. There is no reason to remove it.

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