On 21/9/04, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed: >P.S. I have another anomaly, but I offer this one more as a data point than >anything else. >Since I've "solved" the problem by attrition, I'm not looking for a >solution, but it is rather curious... > >When I first got the camera, and uploaded the S4's images to the computer, I >used to leave the battery in, attach the camera to the mains via Pentax' >converter, plug in the signal lead, turn on the camera and upload. >No matter how long it took, sometimes as short as 15 minutes, after I worked >my way out, turned the camera off, unplugged, then turned the camera back on >again, it told me my batteries were depleted! > >(Come to think of it, that must have been when my time settings got messed >up! Idiot!) > >Anyhow, the last few times I took the battery out of the camera before I did >any attachment to the CPU. >After unplugging, I replace the battery and voila! no more problems with >"battery depleted." > >I don't recall seeing a warning to NOT leave the camera's battery in while >powering up with the converter, but for some reason, MY camera doesn't >like it! > >I don't know if it _really_ depletes the camera's battery in as little as 15 >minutes, or that leaving the battery in messes up the camera's way of >keeping track of battery level, but regardless, there's no problem any more. >I'd think there would be some caution about that in the manual... Maybe I >just missed it. >Fortunately, it doesn't seem to have harmed the battery in any way. > >Have a Happy Tuesday!
Keith, re-post this under a proper relevant subject line and I'll bet you'll get a host of replies. I don't know! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _____________________________
