topic Re: sx510 battery question in Point & Shoot Digital Cameras

sx510 battery question

Frankz — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 18:17:33 GMT

How long will the sx510 maintain menu settings I've made, when I take the battery out to charge it?

Re: sx510 battery question

Skirball — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 20:32:58 GMT

I have no experience with the specific model you're referring to, but most cameras have a second small battery on the circuitboard that will maintain settings and whatnot even when the main battery is dead/removed. The battery is usually lithium and has a long lifespan - on the order of years. But I believe it uses the main battery to recharge it periodically. I'm unsure on that point... but to your main question, a dead battery shouldn't delete your settings.

Re: sx510 battery question

John_ — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 22:17:00 GMT

If you leave the battery out for about 3 weeks the rechargable built in date time battery will go dead and you will loose the date/time setting. It will recharge completely in about 4 hours with a charged battery pack installed.

There is no metnion of loosing the settings that you selected with the battery out fo more than 3 weeks and a dead date/time battery. Either they are written to non-volatile ram and will never be lost or Canon failed to mention that.