Time & Date lost

[colin_fieldgate]

I replaced the battery on my EOS-1v after shooting 3 rolls. After

shooting a further roll and downloading all of the shooting

information using the ES-E1 software I found that the date / time of

this last roll was reset back to 1/1/2000 and the camera

had "forgotten" the correct date and time (the 3 previous rolls I

shot that day were all OK). The date and time for each shot on the

last roll were also blank. Is this normal? Or was it just that I let

my battery get really low before I changed it? Is there a trick to

prevent this happening - you can't set the date / time in the field

without the software, lead and a laptop!!

[colin_fieldgate]

Hmmmmm.... according to the .pdf manual that came with my ES-E1 software:

 

"If the battery is removed, a back-up system will maintain

the camera's date and time for about 24 hours. If more

than 24 hours pass without a replacement battery, the

date setting mode will be displayed as shown on the

right. You must then set the date and time again."

 

It shows a picture of the LCD (in the time / date setting mode) with blank entries for date and time. So, it looks like perhaps my EOS-1v body has now developed another fault!!

 

It also provides instructions to set the date / time manually on the camera, providing you have used the ES-E1 software once before to set it.

 

"Once you use EOS Link Software ES-E1 to set the date and time in

the EOS-1V, you can later set the date and time with the camera

itself. See the page 91 for details."