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.
2006-08-26 15:41:00 · 6 answers · asked by r k 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
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.
2006-08-26 15:57:23 · answer #1 · answered by Jessica 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-08-29 04:01:58 · answer #2 · answered by deflagrated 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh no nothing like that more like a bad build quality, bad design and overal just a rather bad camera. Yeah its a Kodak and true they made the Z990 that one was pretty good but with Kodak it is they make allot of bad cameras very cheap. That suck batteries and make "meh" quality images. And once in a while they have an actually good camera. Lets put it this way take brands like Canon, Pentax, Sony, Fuji and it works different.. as in for the price all the cameras perform fine. With only here and there a bad model.. something to avoid. So where Kodak has a 90% suckage rate, the good brands have a 90% greatness rate. You see our problem here, your camera, your model and hell even your line is not the first one of Kodak to have these issues. Kodak doesn't wants to fix these... Kodak doesn't cares.. they build cheap crap. This is why they are asking for Bankruptcy Protection! The solution I fear like the rest said is buy a camera of a good brand. Do please read the reviews even the best brands have... weaker examples.. but at least most cameras of brands like Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Fuji, Sony.. good stuff for a good price. Do always read the reviews though :) So ditch the Kodak it can't be fixed... and no Kodak is not going to fix it either! And buy a decent camera from a good brand. maybe a Canon A series? The A serie is quite simple in design but offer a nice enough zoomlens, Image stabilisation and so on. It is a very good place to find something nice.
2016-03-26 21:22:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-08-26 16:05:20 · answer #4 · answered by abhi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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).
2006-08-26 15:50:59 · answer #5 · answered by kris 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a battery charge dock, to recharge battery.
The charge dock, restores the battery to full strength over night.
2006-08-26 15:48:27 · answer #6 · answered by * Deep Thought * 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋