Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Either or both of those things are very likely, as far as I know. The internal battery has to have some charge in it for the whole camera to work, and capacitors are the most finicky component, if you don't consider switches, buttons and variable resistors. Henning On 2014-04-18, at 2:52 PM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: > > An internal intermediary battery that gets charged by the main batteries, > purpose being to preserve the computer's data when the main batteries get > discharged, and without a charge on which the camera won't work? And as it > charges up, starts to run the camera incrementally? The manual makes no > mention of an internal battery or of a period of recovery if the camera's > been unused for years (maybe Nikon didn't even know this could happen). > > An electrolytic capacitor that loses its polarity in years of non-use, > then re-forms over several minutes after new batteries are installed? > > Anyone know or have thoughts? > > ?howard, n7exn > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Henning Wulff henningw at archiphoto.com