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E 18. How to keep old cameras (S2) alive?

Started Jan 18, 2016 | Questions thread
I2K4
I2K4 Senior Member • Posts: 1,441
Re: E 18. How to keep old cameras (S2) alive?
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The first clue about the little button battery is failure to show or save images with the proper date / time, that fixed a problem about 9 years out on an S5IS, and I replaced it on an SX10IS at the same time.

The one other repair tip I'd share is freeing up stuck or malfunctioning buttons, control wheel or moving parts with a no-residue electrical contact cleaner. Harmless to plastics or metal and evaporates very quickly, removing gunk. It worked for me on the SX10, and helped a couple of readers here with old models. (One made the initial mistake of spraying the camera with the little nozzle tube - much safer to apply the solvent onto a piece of cloth and work it carefully into crevices, to avoid any exposure of sensor or other sensitive elements.)

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