EOS A2E battery drain

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  1. ComfortablyBlind

    ComfortablyBlind New Member

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    Has anyone here had a Canon EOS A2E that kills batteries in like, a day? I just got one and it seems to work, just eats the 2CR5 batteries. At 15 bucks each, it's killing the fun.
     
    ComfortablyBlind, Jul 7, 2021
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    Curiosity made me pick up a Canon EOS 630 for fun. It is powered by the same battery. What I have found is that it eats it's battery as well. Not as fast as in one day. But leave the battery in for a period of time, and it will flat. I remove the battery. It is a work around, but it is a pain in the butt. I have had a rummage around on the net with this problem with this camera. What I have found is that when you power off the camera, there is still a small power drain. The fix, is to disassemble the camera, and snip a wire around the top LCD.

    I have not done this as yet.

    Gary
     
    GDN, Jul 8, 2021
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    ComfortablyBlind New Member

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    But that is a fix for the 630, right? Think it would work for the A2E?
     
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  5. Shawn-J

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    Film TX, AE1 Program, Very many pieces of glass beauties, FD bellows, still adding to my FD collection, next to get is an F1 to have my base set of frames :)
    I got an A2e 6 months ago for the fun of it. I got 6 batteries with it and I have the same problem. 1 batt lasted a week, the next one 2 hours. I’m curious to see how the next few will do.
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    Shawn-J, Nov 13, 2022
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  6. ComfortablyBlind

    ComfortablyBlind New Member

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    5 X 50mm FD lenses, 70-210 1:4 FD lens, EOS 35-80mm 1:4-5.6 kit lens EF-S 18-200mm lens.
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    And did you? How did it go?
     
    ComfortablyBlind, Jan 16, 2023
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  7. Shawn-J

    Shawn-J New Member

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    Film TX, AE1 Program, Very many pieces of glass beauties, FD bellows, still adding to my FD collection, next to get is an F1 to have my base set of frames :)
    Not yet, been working with dry plates lately.
     
    Shawn-J, Jan 17, 2023
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