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KCan · Jan 29, 2004, 10:51 PM

NHL, Happy (late) New (Monkey) Year

Also I forgot to mention: the "rest" curent I measured has a curious pattern. It's not a stable current; from time to time, it has a “burst” over the 180 μA . If you use an analog (needle) meter, you will see what I mean. Must be the “power managing processor” checking something 8)

NHL · Jan 30, 2004, 1:15 PM

KCan

Ditto... So what's your new year resolution? A D70 should fit nicely with your lens collection! :lol: :lol: :lol:

KCan · Jan 30, 2004, 8:04 PM

Yeah NHL, I think I will get this Nikon

Dave_7Hi · Feb 2, 2004, 2:52 PM

I had a similar problem - the camera would not shut off! It acted like it got "stuck" in the middle of exposing a picture so I opened the battery drawer to kill power. When I turned it on next time it was still in the middle of exposing a picture.

I returned the camera to Minolta and they fixed it under warranty.

Works fine now.
Dave
Minolta 7Hi.

videobruce · Feb 13, 2004, 1:23 PM

I sent the camera back to Minolta and received it back in about 2 weeks repaired.
They replaced a board (I believe) and a couple other parts.

The current draw now is under 20ma.

voxmagna · Feb 13, 2004, 5:01 PM

........The current draw now is under 20ma............

Unless you missed out a decimal point, I wouldn't be happy with that.

That's only 3.75 days to flat battery on 1800mAh NiMh's, and the regulator or cpu if it's running in a sleep mode, will drop out before then! KCan has a good one. VOX

videobruce · Feb 15, 2004, 12:21 PM

Two other readers on other forums stated the same measurement.

voxmagna · Feb 16, 2004, 5:04 AM

Sounds like you need to keep the camera permanently tethered to a mains power unit then and take the batteries out?

Just because 2 people say theirs is 20mA (and you never know if they measured it correctly) doesn't mean that yours is OK. There is a 100 times difference between KCans measurement, yours and your 2 other posters.

I would consider any camera which discharges a set of fully charged batteries and possibly returns to default settings in 3.5 days, a product not fit for its purpose - despite what others might tell you. That is the argument I would use with the supplier - not whether it consumes X,Y or Z mA in its power off state! VOX

NHL · Feb 16, 2004, 5:22 AM

Vox (& KCan) is correct, 20mA is several magnitude too high!
My D7 last for weeks on end when ON, but in the "sleep mode"... 8)

videobruce · Feb 16, 2004, 10:44 AM

I must of gone to the same meter reading school as those other 2 I mentioned eariler!
It seems after 20 or so years of reading meters I forgot how to.
I retested the camera with the same setup and found it was .2 ma not 20 ma! It seems I was on the 20ma scale and ignored the decimal point on the meter and it was showing between 14 and 22!

Can't believe I did that! I guess .2 ma is somewhat better than 20 and surely better than 100ma! Now if something could be done with the 1100 ma draw when it is on!

Feb 2, 2004, 2:52 PM	#14
Dave_7Hi Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 3	Camera draining when off I had a similar problem - the camera would not shut off! It acted like it got "stuck" in the middle of exposing a picture so I opened the battery drawer to kill power. When I turned it on next time it was still in the middle of exposing a picture. I returned the camera to Minolta and they fixed it under warranty. Works fine now. Dave Minolta 7Hi.

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Jan 29, 2004, 10:51 PM	#11
KCan Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,625	NHL, Happy (late) New (Monkey) Year Also I forgot to mention: the "rest" curent I measured has a curious pattern. It's not a stable current; from time to time, it has a “burst” over the 180 μA . If you use an analog (needle) meter, you will see what I mean. Must be the “power managing processor” checking something 8)

Jan 30, 2004, 1:15 PM	#12
NHL Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: 39.18776, -77.311353333333 Posts: 11,599	KCan Ditto... So what's your new year resolution? A D70 should fit nicely with your lens collection! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Jan 30, 2004, 8:04 PM	#13
KCan Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,625	Yeah NHL, I think I will get this Nikon

Feb 13, 2004, 1:23 PM	#15
videobruce Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 178	I sent the camera back to Minolta and received it back in about 2 weeks repaired. They replaced a board (I believe) and a couple other parts. The current draw now is under 20ma.

Feb 13, 2004, 5:01 PM	#16
voxmagna Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,162	........The current draw now is under 20ma............ Unless you missed out a decimal point, I wouldn't be happy with that. That's only 3.75 days to flat battery on 1800mAh NiMh's, and the regulator or cpu if it's running in a sleep mode, will drop out before then! KCan has a good one. VOX

Feb 15, 2004, 12:21 PM	#17
videobruce Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 178	Two other readers on other forums stated the same measurement.

Feb 16, 2004, 5:04 AM	#18
voxmagna Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,162	Sounds like you need to keep the camera permanently tethered to a mains power unit then and take the batteries out? Just because 2 people say theirs is 20mA (and you never know if they measured it correctly) doesn't mean that yours is OK. There is a 100 times difference between KCans measurement, yours and your 2 other posters. I would consider any camera which discharges a set of fully charged batteries and possibly returns to default settings in 3.5 days, a product not fit for its purpose - despite what others might tell you. That is the argument I would use with the supplier - not whether it consumes X,Y or Z mA in its power off state! VOX

Feb 16, 2004, 5:22 AM	#19
NHL Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: 39.18776, -77.311353333333 Posts: 11,599	Vox (& KCan) is correct, 20mA is several magnitude too high! My D7 last for weeks on end when ON, but in the "sleep mode"... 8)

Feb 16, 2004, 10:44 AM	#20
videobruce Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 178	I must of gone to the same meter reading school as those other 2 I mentioned eariler! It seems after 20 or so years of reading meters I forgot how to. I retested the camera with the same setup and found it was .2 ma not 20 ma! It seems I was on the 20ma scale and ignored the decimal point on the meter and it was showing between 14 and 22! Can't believe I did that! I guess .2 ma is somewhat better than 20 and surely better than 100ma! Now if something could be done with the 1100 ma draw when it is on!