NX 300 dead/stop working

flip 21 wrote:

No you scared me I never remove my batteries. I mean I got cameras that are stored, for more than one year, with the battery inside. Could those batteries really leak, like regular AA ones? Do you think it was the fact that the battery was inside the camera thay damage my NX300? Thanks

All batteries can leak. Older batteries are probably more likely to leak than new ones, especially if they are discharged. It's the very nature of the beast and the reason that many handbooks recommend the removal of batteries when equipment is stored.

Modern battery technology is very advanced and a well-treated battery is less likely to leak, but given the cost of cameras and the minimal effort required to remove the battery from most equipment it is a worthwhile precaution!

Do note that whilst equipment manufacturers will probably go to great efforts to ensure that their batteries are as reliable as possible, this may not be true of some after-market manufacturers, which could be one of the reasons why third-party batteries are often so much cheaper than original equipment.

Without personally examining your NX300 I can only guess, but yes, the first thing I would look for is battery-leakage damage. I spent over 40 years as a professional business equipment repair technician and have seen battery leakage in almost everything from a pocket calculator to a high-end server ... almost always because someone somewhere didn't bother to check if the battery was still good!

YMMV