steve george Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 Hi all I'm new to the world of autofocus Canon after manual Nikon and have a question. My battery is running out ridiculously quickly. I've got an EOS 600 and it's managing about 2 rolls per battery at the moment which seems silly. Is there something I'm doing or wrong or short of taking out the battery between pictures is there no way I can avoid this drain? Is there a chargeable battery pack I can get or should I just get used to battery based photography being expensive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian_tinsley Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 The 600 - fantastic camera and my first SLR. It should not be doing this. Sorry for the implication, but you ARE switching it off between uses? The only other thing I can think of is that the camera is continuously metering irrespective of whether it is on or off. I don't think it ought to matter to this degree even if is was metering all the time when it was switched on. Give the hassle of taking the battery out on a 600 if you were to do it each time, I think you might get fed up pretty soon. Sorry this isn't a solution, but perhaps someone else will know a bit more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve george Posted October 25, 2004 Author Share Posted October 25, 2004 Hi Damien Thanks for the quick answer. Yes, I am switching it off between times. Hence my confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_hodges Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 Steve I have a Canon 600 which had the same problem. I took it to a Canon Repair agent (Colchester Cameras in UK) and they diagonosed the problem as a fault in the LED top cover and replaced it. It cost me ?60 sterling approx. I have had no problem since. rgds Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc, portsmouth, uk Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 This is a well know flaw on the Canon 600 series... it is down to the capacitor on the LCD backlight shorting, the battery will drain even with the camera switched off... I repaired mine following the instructions in the link (took me about 15 mins, and I'm no DIY'er) - I have since done another 3 for other people - don't be afraid (!) just get on and do it and save yourself a $100 repair bill or the same in 2CR5's.... <a href = "http://eosdoc.com/manuals.asp?q=ELfix">the fix</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve george Posted October 26, 2004 Author Share Posted October 26, 2004 That's fantastic David - thanks for that. I noticed actually that the backlight worked when I bought it a month ago but no longer does so that'd explain a lot. Thanks again everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_green5 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 <p>Just a note to say that this fix works well for the EOS620 as well, and I suspect also applies to the EOS RT</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayeff Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 This is a well know flaw on the Canon 600 series... it is down to the capacitor on the LCD backlight shorting, the battery will drain even with the camera switched off... I repaired mine following the instructions in the link (took me about 15 mins, and I'm no DIY'er) - I have since done another 3 for other people - don't be afraid (!) just get on and do it and save yourself a $100 repair bill or the same in 2CR5's....<a href = "http://eosdoc.com/manuals.asp?q=ELfix">the fix</a> Can you remember what the instructions were, David? The link goes nowhere now - at least, nowhere of any use! Cheers /James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Michael Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Can you remember what the instructions were, David? The link goes nowhere now - at least, nowhere of any use! Cheers /James David wrote that in 2004 and his last comment on a forum here was in 2013, chances are he is not monitoring this thread, but maybe you'll be lucky. I interrogated the link and it is absent the relevant thread's identifying nomenclature - that's the key element to finding the thread. I also searched all of David's other posts and I did not find. I think you best search wider - something like "EOS 600 battery drain fix" in a good search engine gets many hits and several DIY answers. WW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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