Battery Problems Any Ideas???

[brenz45]

I have had my s2 for 2 days now and it is a great camera.However this morning I took some shots and it turned to standby immediately after each shot with an err message on the top lcd .I replaced the aa"s with new ones and it was ok for about 5 shots then did it again.I have adjusted the pwer off to 2 mins so that cant be it ,any ideas???

[Andre]

Is your lens on properly? If you have an aperture ring, is it locked in the smallest aperture?

[brenz45]

Yes app locked I changed lenses and another set of new batteries and it seems ok now but ill watch the lens in future thanx.

[Tom V]

A few days ago, I was fiddling with my S2 (I was getting ready to clean the sensor), taking pictures of blank walls when the viewfinder went dark. Then the LCD panels went blank. I changed the AA NiMH batteries, and was able to take 3 pictures before the LCDs started acting up again. I guess one of my spare sets of AAs had been neglected too long and discharged themselves, or I forgot to recharge them last time. I changed the AAs once more. I took about 3 more pictures, and the CR123As went limp. I had just loaded the CR123As about a week ago, but I must admit they were a mystery pair (I don't know where they came from, maybe I took them out of something else suspecting they may or may not have been drained). It seems my CR123As go flat most frequently when I am using my wide-ranging 105mm Nikkor Micro. All that focusing must put a strain on the CR123As. In all, I changed batteries 3 times in one hour.

I did get the sensor cleaned - thanks to an AC Adapter and 5 cleaning swabs.

I put in NEW CR123A batteries (20 for $25 at http://www.botachtactical.com/toscr123a3vo.html ), and a newly charged set of NiMH AAs (Sunpack 1800mah).

I did a commercial photoshoot today, and everything went well.:p