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Battery Canon PowerShot SD200 battery won't keep charge. Bought new replacement battery, same problem. Cleaned terminals with soft cloth on both battery and charger but problem continues.

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  • tiller91 Feb 29, 2008

    Camera won't turn on at all now, even though battery charger indicates battery is charged

  • Anonymous Jul 12, 2008

    Camera won't turn on at all now, even though I have 2 fully charged batteries. Battery indicator show full. Camera hasn't been dropped or damaged. Worked fine a few weeks ago. Haven't even had this for one year yet!


    I haven't tried any solutions to rectify the problem because I don't know what to try.

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To quote Imaging-Resouce.com: He only got about 100 minutes off his battery. Here's what he said: Slightly better than average battery life for a compact model, but think about buying a second battery anyway. The Canon Powershot SD200 uses a custom rechargeable LiIon battery for power, and uses a custom power adapter, so I couldn't perform my usual direct measurements of its power consumption, but did check how long it would run on a fully charged battery. Like most compact digicams, battery life on the SD200 is a little on the short side, with a worst-case run time (capture mode, with the LCD turned on) of 107 minutes by actual measurement. This is better than many compact and subcompact models, but I'd still strongly recommend purchasing a second battery along with the camera, and keeping it charged as a spare. (Digicam batteries always die at the worst possible times.)
I found this for cheap "Replacement Camera Battery for Canon Powershot SD200 " SKU NB4L103719 $5.42 + s/h at Become.com To increase battery life, turn off unnecessary features like any beep feature, reduce the picture review display time, etc. How many minutes are you getting out of it?

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    DLewis Feb 29, 2008

    If your camera came with an AC power cord you could try to power on using a working wall outlet. If it doesn't power on then we know it's not the batteries.



    btw - I had trouble with my digital camera after my 2 year old dropped it. Maybe give your camera to a child for a minute and they may jar something back into place. Ha Ha. Just kidding. I ended up buying a duplicate refurbished camera from ebay. I figured I already knew how it was supposed to work and already had all the manuals and equipment so a duplicate worked for me.



    Best wishes mate ~ blasted technology!

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