I am constantly charging the batteries, in the past month, replaced the batteries 4 times and I my use is not excessive.
A few solutions for you:
1) The batteries that you are using may have reached their end of life.
2) You are using higher capacity batteries in a charger that was designed for lower capacity batteries. The charger may be a 1 hour charger that was designed for say, 1500 mAH. If your batteries are 2000 mAH, then after the same hour, the batteries may not have a full charge, and will be damaged if this were the case, and the practice continues.
3) You are using a combination of batteries and charger that isn't compatible. For example, NiCD chargers cannot charge (usually) NiMH batteries, and vice versa.
4) There is always some drain by the batteries themselves, just being rechargeables. Though, this is usually on the order of 5-10% per month, and probably is not the issue.
I would put my money on saying that the batteries are worn out. Try a new a new charger / battery combination. If that works, then either the old batteries or old charger are defective.
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Thanks - the camera is set to "AUTO" so I am assuming the flash will only go off only when needed.
I use new batteries, never rechargeable so I will follow up with Canon re internal circuit board.
If your flash is activated you will chew batteries. make sure flash is turned off. Other than that you have a short on the internal circuit board.
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