Recent content by JBurnett

I keep getting this suggestion. I appreciate people trying to help, but... I'm not sure people are understanding what I'm saying. There apparently was a minute layer of oxidation either on the battery contacts, or the camera's battery compartment. By dropping the battery in several times, it...

It turns out I must have had battery seating problems. The third time removing and dropping the battery back in, it fired up. Perhaps ever so slight oxidation on the battery compartment / battery contacts from just sitting all those years? Beats me, but works fine now.

This is both a computer related question and a camera forum question. Where to start?? I have a Canon 40D DSLR camera that I bought approximately 10 years ago. I took 6 pics with it, then had to leave photography alone- just no time… till now. I charged the battery (have 2- charged both), they...