Very strange Digital camera problem

[bob]

I have a Fuji Finepix that has a strange attachment to a set of batteries.As
so much so that it will not work with any other batteries and wondered if
anyone has a guess why this might be
This is a finepix A345 that uses two AA cells. Ran fine for years then I
decided to save some money with rechargables so I got an energizer charger
and some 2500 mah NIMH batteries and all was fine.
Somewhere along the way I bought some Empire Scientific Batteries and thats
when the love affair began.
The Camera will only power on with two of the Empire batteries and no
others. I have tried rechargable and even went through several new packages
of alkalyne batteries before I convinced myself that there were only two
battries that would turn this camera on.
I pull them out and they read 1.28 and 1.3 volts which is similar to other
rechargables so I'm totally baffled and open to any theories.
The only other thing I did notice was with a set of new alkaline batteries
that read 1.5&1.52 V the camera would occasionally come on but power off as
soon as I released the power button
Thanks in Advancve

BOb

 

[GregS]

I have a Fuji Finepix that has a strange attachment to a set of batteries.As
so much so that it will not work with any other batteries and wondered if
anyone has a guess why this might be
This is a finepix A345 that uses two AA cells. Ran fine for years then I
decided to save some money with rechargables so I got an energizer charger
and some 2500 mah NIMH batteries and all was fine.
Somewhere along the way I bought some Empire Scientific Batteries and thats
when the love affair began.
The Camera will only power on with two of the Empire batteries and no
others. I have tried rechargable and even went through several new packages
of alkalyne batteries before I convinced myself that there were only two
battries that would turn this camera on.
I pull them out and they read 1.28 and 1.3 volts which is similar to other
rechargables so I'm totally baffled and open to any theories.
The only other thing I did notice was with a set of new alkaline batteries
that read 1.5&1.52 V the camera would occasionally come on but power off as
soon as I released the power button
Thanks in Advancve

Many of my older NiMH batteries started to fail. My camera sucks a lot
of power Minolta F300, and on vacation my newest batteries were terrible.
An older set worked much better. I have yet to buy more batteries, but I
bought a good 8 cell individually controlled charger for about $50. In using
this charger I was able to find the best ones, that had reasonably low
impedance, and I threw out at least 2 dozen of my mostly older cells.
Make sure the contacts are clean. I usually try to put something like Deoxit
on the batteries.

greg

 

[bob]

Sorry for the multiple post hit the send button twice
The strange thing is its not just rechargeable that don't work but any AA's
I buy a new pack of alkaline and they don't work either
BOB

 

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I have a Fuji Finepix that has a strange attachment to a set of batteries.As
so much so that it will not work with any other batteries and wondered if
anyone has a guess why this might be
This is a finepix A345 that uses two AA cells. Ran fine for years then I
decided to save some money with rechargables so I got an energizer charger
and some 2500 mah NIMH batteries and all was fine.
Somewhere along the way I bought some Empire Scientific Batteries and thats
when the love affair began.
The Camera will only power on with two of the Empire batteries and no
others. I have tried rechargable and even went through several new packages
of alkalyne batteries before I convinced myself that there were only two
battries that would turn this camera on.
I pull them out and they read 1.28 and 1.3 volts which is similar to other
rechargables so I'm totally baffled and open to any theories.
The only other thing I did notice was with a set of new alkaline batteries
that read 1.5&1.52 V the camera would occasionally come on but power off as
soon as I released the power button
Thanks in Advancve

BOb

Have you tried using an external adapter?
Is there any damage inside the battery compartment?

 

[Radiosrfun]

Many of my older NiMH batteries started to fail. My camera sucks a lot
of power Minolta F300, and on vacation my newest batteries were terrible.
An older set worked much better. I have yet to buy more batteries, but I
bought a good 8 cell individually controlled charger for about $50. In
using
this charger I was able to find the best ones, that had reasonably low
impedance, and I threw out at least 2 dozen of my mostly older cells.
Make sure the contacts are clean. I usually try to put something like
Deoxit
on the batteries.

greg

I got tired of replacing batteries - Alkaline OR NiMH, so I rigged up a
battery pack which consists of (2) RC (6v 2100 or so Mah) packs in parallel.
I have them wired to a "T" connector so I can use one or both packs and
charge the packs as needed. I find the flash kills any sort of cells quick.
But my camera works pretty damned good without the flash, so I barely use
it. With no flash - those packs last a good while - enough for a day or so
of pictures. My memory card holds about 800 pics the way the camera is set
up and I can take that many on a charge. That is a lot of pics - many more
than most take in a day or so.

Just my 2 cents

L.

 

[Jamie]

I have a Fuji Finepix that has a strange attachment to a set of batteries.As
so much so that it will not work with any other batteries and wondered if
anyone has a guess why this might be
This is a finepix A345 that uses two AA cells. Ran fine for years then I
decided to save some money with rechargables so I got an energizer charger
and some 2500 mah NIMH batteries and all was fine.
Somewhere along the way I bought some Empire Scientific Batteries and thats
when the love affair began.
The Camera will only power on with two of the Empire batteries and no
others. I have tried rechargable and even went through several new packages
of alkalyne batteries before I convinced myself that there were only two
battries that would turn this camera on.
I pull them out and they read 1.28 and 1.3 volts which is similar to other
rechargables so I'm totally baffled and open to any theories.
The only other thing I did notice was with a set of new alkaline batteries
that read 1.5&1.52 V the camera would occasionally come on but power off as
soon as I released the power button
Thanks in Advancve

BOb

maybe those cells are larger in length and you stretched to spring
inside so that other cells can not make connection any more?
just a thought.

 

[Boris Mohar]

Have you tried using an external adapter?
Is there any damage inside the battery compartment?

Beat me to it. I was going to suggest the same thing. Is it possible that
Empire batteries are trifle longer and they deformed the camera battery
contacts/

 

[Jamie]

Beat me to it. I was going to suggest the same thing. Is it possible that
Empire batteries are trifle longer and they deformed the camera battery
contacts/

ha, that's garantied sales of Empire Cells! It's like being hooked
on drugs!

 

[James Sweet]

My guess is that the batteries that work are a hair longer or have a
slightly different shaped end than most batteries and they've bent the
contacts so they no longer mate correctly with most of the ones you try.