I've surfed Canon FD's archives re battery drain problem. The ones I found are old and links are dead. I'm looking for current suggestions to solve this problem. With mercury batteries, I never had this problem and batteries lasted almost a year. I didn't even move slotted tab under advance lever to lock position (L.) But since those batteries were outlawed, I've had nothing but trouble with battery drain in both bodies. In desperation, I've marred the beauty of the cameras by displaying ugly warning labels: one over prism top with "Turn off switch!" and another on advance lever "Turn Off!" Also I've covered "A" and "L." with color coded labels, red and green, to represent correct and incorrect position camera should be in when not in use. But sometimes I forget and overnight the battery is dead. I've tried lithium and alkaline batteries and each one poops out too quickly. A kind repairman who twice tried to fix the problem --each time correcting it temporaily-- and A1 worked perfectly for a month of two without battery drain problem. After two flops at repair, when I saw him at a local photo show, he exchanged my well used and brassed-in- spots A1 for another A1 body that was in near mint condition. It also worked correctly for a while then developed the same battery drain problem. I'm forced to use other cameras--which I drawers' full of-- as I just can't rely on my FDs. I truly miss their use. Any help will be greatly appreciated by long time FD user whose getting long in the tooth and short in memory. Les
