Comments on: kodak easyshare camera drains off battery?

By: Krish Dove

Krish Dove — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:54:07 +0000

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.

By: Keenan Kitchener

Keenan Kitchener — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:13:26 +0000

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.

By: Victor Keen

Victor Keen — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:29:05 +0000

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.

By: Emery Legg

Emery Legg — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:16:39 +0000

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).

By: Laney Hutchison

Laney Hutchison — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:27:36 +0000

Get a battery charge dock, to recharge battery.
The charge dock, restores the battery to full strength over night.