My Leaf Aptus 75 back did not work in the cold, so I paid the price and got a full repair, e-box replaced. I got better, now it works flawlessly in room temperature (it could have hickups before, troubles to boot etc even in room temperature), but it still fails in cold weather. The last test I did was in -5C (23 F), i e not an extreme temperature.
The failures occur only when the back has become cold (ambient temperature), and then it can miss pictures and lock up, and instead of the beep sound that indicates it is ready for the next shot it sometimes emits strange noises instead and locks up. This happens even when battery indicator shows full battery. When battery is low more strange things can happen, write errors to CF cards and stuff. Low battery in room temperature is no problem, then it runs without errors until battery is out.
I have one new Leaf original battery (manufactured 2011), and a larger battery which is older. Failures occur with both these, even when batteries are freshly loaded. I shoot with a tech cam with copal shutters and flash sync.
As it works flawlessly in room temperature I'm assuming that it is unlikely that the error is caused by sync cable or CF card. I'm also assuming that while a bad sync cable could cause pictures to be missed, it would not lead to strange noises out of the speaker or lockups (which I get), so I don't think that is the problem. Maybe CF cards can become bad in cold and cause troubles, but I guess it is more likely that if a CF card works in room temperature (as it does) it should be no problem in the cold.
I want to dig more into this problem and try to isolate and point it out as exactly as possible before I contact the dealer again.
Anyone that has any idea of what the likely error is?
The failures occur only when the back has become cold (ambient temperature), and then it can miss pictures and lock up, and instead of the beep sound that indicates it is ready for the next shot it sometimes emits strange noises instead and locks up. This happens even when battery indicator shows full battery. When battery is low more strange things can happen, write errors to CF cards and stuff. Low battery in room temperature is no problem, then it runs without errors until battery is out.
I have one new Leaf original battery (manufactured 2011), and a larger battery which is older. Failures occur with both these, even when batteries are freshly loaded. I shoot with a tech cam with copal shutters and flash sync.
As it works flawlessly in room temperature I'm assuming that it is unlikely that the error is caused by sync cable or CF card. I'm also assuming that while a bad sync cable could cause pictures to be missed, it would not lead to strange noises out of the speaker or lockups (which I get), so I don't think that is the problem. Maybe CF cards can become bad in cold and cause troubles, but I guess it is more likely that if a CF card works in room temperature (as it does) it should be no problem in the cold.
I want to dig more into this problem and try to isolate and point it out as exactly as possible before I contact the dealer again.
Anyone that has any idea of what the likely error is?