What type of batteries Joe? I've had problems with NiMH and Alkaline, never with Lithium.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Tainter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 12:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Disabled D > > > After playing with the FA 300 f4.5 two nights ago, doing a > lot of gratuitous close-up autofocusing, I went into the > menu to reformat the card. As soon as I called up the menu > the camera froze. It would not do anything. I could not even > turn it off. Finally I thought to open the battery > compartment. I did, and reclosed it, and the camera came > back to life. > > The batteries had over 1,000 shots on them, and it must be a > big drain autofocusing that heavy lens. So I assume that the > batteries were so drained that the camera could do nothing > but display the menu. > > I put in fresh batteries and the D seems fine now. I believe > I recall others having similar odd problems when batteries > get low. > > Joe >
