How come my digital camera uses up new batteries in a flash?
by uncharged_wings on September 20, 2011Q: I have a 3 year old camera that has not been used for more than a couple of hours in total. All of the batteries I tried with it drained within no time at all, even the expensive ones designed for digicams! I was told that it would probably need a certain part replacing but can’t remember what it was now :-/ any chance you could tell me what it is so I can try and see how much that would cost? Thanx
For any chance at offering a suggestion I’d need to know the make and model number for the camera you’re having a problem with.
Mark (Uber Geek) says: on September 20, 2011 at 8:53 am
Olympus FE-310
uncharged_wings (Newbie) says: on September 20, 2011 at 12:25 pm
Battery problems with this camera seem quite common. This page has some suggestions of things you can try to improve battery life: http://bit.ly/os3qBe
Many suggestions revolve around modifying the battery contacts so you may want to evaluate some of the suggested fixes there.
Mark (Uber Geek) says: on September 20, 2011 at 1:21 pm