@Waddizzle wrote:
@ebiggs1 wrote:
From Canon
Power Reset
1. Make sure the camera is off, and then remove the battery, memory card, and lens.
2. Close the battery/memory card doors.
3. Turn the power switch to the "ON" position, and then press and hold down the shutter button for 10 seconds.
4. Release the shutter button, turn the power switch to the "OFF" position, reinsert the battery, memory card, and attach the lens.
5. Power the camera on.
Exactly, that is called a “cold start”. After the initial power-up cycle, power switch is merely a “warm start.” Unfortunately, you do not seem to understand the nuance of what I am talking about.
It does not drain the battery. This procedure is performed with the battery REMOVED. It does not drain the battery. BTW, rapidly and forcibly draining batteries has a strong tendency to destroy them, anyway.
Stick to photography. Electronics is not your field.
There is obvious confusion arising over this procedure.
Obviously it doesn't drain the battery because this is carried out with no battery fitted.
What the procedure is attempting to do is drain the super capacitor that hold a small charge which enables the camera to retain clock and user setup settings whilst the battery is removed.
By doing this you are in effect making the camera revert to factory settings.
It was much easier with older cameras that had a user changeable secondary battery used for retaining the clock/user settings. This is probably why people still refer to it as the clock battery when it is in fact a capacitor.
Incidentally holding the shutter button for 10 seconds may not be sufficient, most camera will need at least 30 seconds. With some cameras this procedure doesn't seem to work at all.
