I am in chennai, India. My kodak easyshare camera drains off the battery on just switching it on. Is it a software problem? how do I repair it.
5 Responses to “kodak easyshare camera drains off battery?”
Laney Hutchison Said:
Get a battery charge dock, to recharge battery.
The charge dock, restores the battery to full strength over night.
Emery Legg Said:
If it’s a new camera, contact Kodak (check their website) and see if they’ll replace either the camera or the battery. If not, see if you can buy a new battery. It shouldn’t completely drain just from turning it on, even though any mechanical motion uses up the battery faster (like zooming).
Victor Keen Said:
These digital cameras suck out battery power faster then it takes you to put the battery in the camera. It’s not the camera. You need to purchase rechargeable batteries and it will last much, much longer.
Keenan Kitchener Said:
I have a similar Kodak easy share camera. I use kodak rechargeable batteries only and each pair when fully charged clicks about 90 to 110 photos. It seems there is some camera problem in yr case. get it checked from the Kodak shop.
Krish Dove Said:
Yes I’ve had much the same problem (Kodak dx3900).
I charged the batteries (2300 mAh NiMH) then the camera still says they are low. What I did was take the camera apart not completely just enough to separate a plug that connects the back to the front of the camera – I did NOT disconnect the ribbon cables (don’t try this unless you are confident you can put it back together!!) it seems to have been a bad contact problem as the problem has resolved on reassembling.
There are other issues:
The camera takes about 0.55 mA when off
Metal hydride batteries have a high self discharge rate (particularly at high temperatures) of about 40% per month.
So keep fully charged batteries in the fridge
remove batteries from the camera if you are not going to use it for several months.
It was suggested (on another site) that I try a firmware upgrade, but sadly the Kodak instructions for this are incomprehensible and contacting their support they just bounce my e-mails.
Get a battery charge dock, to recharge battery.
The charge dock, restores the battery to full strength over night.
If it’s a new camera, contact Kodak (check their website) and see if they’ll replace either the camera or the battery. If not, see if you can buy a new battery. It shouldn’t completely drain just from turning it on, even though any mechanical motion uses up the battery faster (like zooming).
These digital cameras suck out battery power faster then it takes you to put the battery in the camera. It’s not the camera. You need to purchase rechargeable batteries and it will last much, much longer.
I have a similar Kodak easy share camera. I use kodak rechargeable batteries only and each pair when fully charged clicks about 90 to 110 photos. It seems there is some camera problem in yr case. get it checked from the Kodak shop.
Yes I’ve had much the same problem (Kodak dx3900).
I charged the batteries (2300 mAh NiMH) then the camera still says they are low. What I did was take the camera apart not completely just enough to separate a plug that connects the back to the front of the camera – I did NOT disconnect the ribbon cables (don’t try this unless you are confident you can put it back together!!) it seems to have been a bad contact problem as the problem has resolved on reassembling.
There are other issues:
The camera takes about 0.55 mA when off
Metal hydride batteries have a high self discharge rate (particularly at high temperatures) of about 40% per month.
So keep fully charged batteries in the fridge
remove batteries from the camera if you are not going to use it for several months.
It was suggested (on another site) that I try a firmware upgrade, but sadly the Kodak instructions for this are incomprehensible and contacting their support they just bounce my e-mails.