So, we were probably also entertaining the wrong assumption that Canon had a firmware fix that they did not want to release publicly yet. It is more that they were working on that battery drain problem and wanted to release a firmware update that had both fixes. Now that it is out, I guess only from now on new camera's and repaired ones will start having it?
This also explains why Canon (which rep?) said that the vast majority of the camera's out there did not have the problem, because they would have the 1.0.1.0 release (thought to be bugfree)?
Of course Canon (here) has a horrible communication problem, both externally and internally (between the sites)!
And it seems that they are still not fully aware of the problem. But we can't tell, since they don't communicate. Same with listening to customers complaints with ergonomy in general.
What is also strange is that no technical expert has come in here, where in other threads, they do - why is that? Maybe the engineers felt that the battery was under-dimensioned, but where overruled by Canon management and now they can't speak up?
That's the problem with communication, you can't do it properly without a great degree of honesty! 😉
Canon, this could be a great camera, please come out in the open, and be a company who leads the way for 21st century business, i.e. transparancy and responsivity is key!
