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From: richa@tekred.UUCP (Rich Amber )
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: A1 eating batteries...
Message-ID: <284@tekred.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 22-Mar-85 12:25:27 EST
Article-I.D.: tekred.284
Posted: Fri Mar 22 12:25:27 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 26-Mar-85 06:34:57 EST
Organization: Tektronix, Redmond OR
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Several months ago, I was on a whitewater rafting trip (as the official
photographer for our bunch of crazies).  In class IV rapids (read: very
dangerous) I came out of the raft and was bounced along the bottom of
the river for several hundred yards (almost didn't return from that one).
My Canon A1 was around my neck during all this, inside a "waterproof" 
bag. The problem is, after several LARGE boulders had taken their toll
on my chest, the bag did not stay waterproof.

I cleaned out the camera (minor disassembly required).  The lens was a
total write-off, but I managed to make the camera body and motor winder
function again.  The problem I have now, even though the camera takes
just as good of pictures as ever, is that the thing eats batteries like
crazy.  I don't buy into the idea that the shutter activation system or
whatever is off/on/whatever all the time.  As I said, it takes great pix,
but it eats a battery in just a couple days.  Everything else seems to
function perfectly.

Any of you young wizards out there have any bright ideas?