topic NEX-3 battery runs down when camera off in Alpha & NEX interchangeable lens cameras

NEX-3 battery runs down when camera off

jj_gilham — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:04:12 GMT

My Nex-3 has recently started completely depleting the battery when turned off. It will go from 100% to 0% in about 48 hours with the camera off.

I had version 1 of the firmware and this morning I installed version 3 of the firmware to see if this fixes the problem. Does anyone have any information on this?

NEX-3 battery runs down when camera off

Blencogo — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:18:28 GMT

The battery drain problem was fixed in Version 2.0 firmware upgrade. This is incorporated in Version 3.0

I found this fixes the problem completely.

NEX-3 battery runs down when camera off

jj_gilham — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:36:27 GMT

The firware I loaded last night was referred to as 1.3 - is this the same as the Version 3.0 upgrade?

I'll report tomorrow on if the firmware fixed my issue.

thanks,

jeff

NEX-3 battery runs down when camera off

jj_gilham — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:11:40 GMT

It appears the upgrade to 1.3 solved the problem. I checked this morning and the battery was still at 100% so problem solved!

Thanks for the information

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