Battery Drain on Canon EOS Digital Rebel

From: W. Wat son (wolf_tracks_at_invalid.inv)
Date: 01/18/05 

Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 22:46:25 GMT

I just started using the camera recently, and found it had a timer to turn
off the power after x minutes. That surprised me a bit, since I suspected
that if the LCD is not displaying anything, I would think the battery drain
is about that of an LCD watch--not much. So I set the timer off, and left
the camera ON. In less than 24 hours it was completely drained. What is it
powering aside from a display that hardly has anything on it? Is it
possible that with a few more recharges that the battery will become more
robust in such situations? 

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