Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Frank wrote: > >#1 it can't hurt to turn the camera off when changing lenses. >#2 it might actually be true about the charge... > >Hmm...: that would be the least to do. Turning off may not be >enough. Also removing the battery >may not be a bad, idea, when there is time. > >I ruined my Canon 20D be leaving it off .. yes !... in very humid >weather. Some residual charges still keep running and therefore the >moisture ruined some contacts. > >Ever changed a CF card when the camera is off, and did you still see >that red light coming on? >Certainly not keep the camera on, when changing anything! > >Sander >Amsterdam >Holland > I have never turned the camera off to do anything; Leica, Canon, Nikon, Fuji or whatever. Never hurt the camera that I could tell. Then again, my next picture might have been the prize winning picture of all time, if I had just turned the camera off before changing lenses or changing socks. BTW, the camera lights come on on the Canons when inserting a card so that it can establish communication. If the battery is out, that sequence happens when you next insert the camera. Don't worry. Be happy. Take pictures. -- * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com