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Battery draining scenarios...

Started Feb 27, 2019 | Discussions thread
Isola Verde
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Re: Battery draining scenarios...

Ben Herrmann wrote:

OK - I'm sure this may have been addressed in the past, but here goes.

I'm currently maintaining the NX300, NX30 and NX500. I always keep batteries inside of the cameras and I noticed that with these Samsung models, even when not being used, they drain the battery - usually within a few weeks time-frame. I've gone through the menu several times over to see if I left anything on (i.e. IS, Wifi/Bluetooth, etc) and also ensured that they were off.

But even with all of this, I can put new batteries in the cameras and within two weeks they are at half or a quarter power.

So what am I missing, or is this par for the course with these cameras?

Mine's the lowly NX3000, but I can't help feel there was a connection between allowing the battery to run flat - and the camera's habit, since then, of losing the date/time setting every time I remove the battery.

Of 20 something digitals, it's one of only two to have thrown such a fault - and regrettably quick in doing so, within 4 years of purchase (April 2015)...

Perhaps the main battery is used to power the clock, or maybe to top up the system that does that?

Peter

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