Battery Indicator on Rebel XT

<p>I have not used the Rebel XT very long. The screen used to show the condition of the battery, but somehow that has disappeared! I probably pushed a button or something to cause it. I looked in the manual and could not find a way to restore it. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you for your response.</p>

<p>That is very odd. <br>

The informational LCD display will not show anything if the camera is switched to off nor will it show anything if the camera has gone to sleep. Half-pressing the shutter button to wake it up should give you full information, including battery indicator <br>

When you press the menu button it should /only/ show the battery life on the display. <br>

There's two possible paths, I suppose:<br>

You can try a camera reset by pulling both the main battery and the small watch-type battery (indicated by the "CR2016" tab inside the battery compartment) from the camera and letting it sit for a few minutes. That's kind of a long shot, but not a difficult test. Baring that solving the problem, perhaps there is a fault with the informational display. </p>

<p>That <em>is</em> very odd.<br>

In fact, I think that it's the first time I've heard this specific complaint.</p>

<p>In addition to Rob's suggestion (should that fail), it is possible a reinstallation of the last available firmware <em>may</em> fix it. Obviously the XT is well out of cost effective servicing by Canon, so, should both these fail, I expect it's something you may have to simply deal with, and exercise good battery discipline (opportunity charges).</p>

<p>Are you sure you're looking in the right place for it? Turning it off is not an option. I presume it's there no matter what mode the camera is in but I suppose it's possible it might turn off in some modes.</p><div></div>

<p>I've a posting on another site from someone who had problems with the small lcd display not showing multiple items, but the problem was intermittent and indicated a loose connection inside the body. But for just one icon to disappear seems odd indeed. </p>

<p>[[i presume it's there no matter what mode the camera is in but I suppose it's possible it might turn off in some modes.]]<br>

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Forgot to mention, but I tried that with my XT today. The battery icon remains visible in every mode on the mode dial. </p>

<p>Operator Error; or old age eyes not doing too well.<br>

I have discovered that the battery was very weak: Only the left vertical line of the battery outline was showing (I used a magnifier to see it). What is interesting is that the camera continued to operate normally with the very weak battery. Putting in a fully charged battery brought back the full battery outline and the interior marks to show a full battery.<br>

Thank you all for responding; I have learned things from your comments.</p>