gdmcclintock
Well-known
Question:
Is there a small spring in the Xpan battery cover that touches the battery? I recently acquired an Xpan (first version) that is said to lock up occasionally. This has not yet happened to me, but noticed there was no spring when I loaded new batteries in the camera. Thanks very much!
Is there a small spring in the Xpan battery cover that touches the battery? I recently acquired an Xpan (first version) that is said to lock up occasionally. This has not yet happened to me, but noticed there was no spring when I loaded new batteries in the camera. Thanks very much!
snaefell
Established
At least mine has no spring in it, the inside of the cover looks like this. It has been serviced a while ago and the workshop had no complaints about it. It's from a XPan 1.
gdmcclintock
Well-known
My Xpan battery cover looks the same. Because I heard about the camera locking up, and everything seems to work with new batteries, I wondered if there was a missing spring. I guess only time will tell if the locking-up problem occurs for me.
Note that I am the 3rd owner of my Xpan (that I know of) and the first owner was a photojournalist who took it all over the world. The camera is pretty beat-up but seems to work fine so far.
Thanks for your reply!
Note that I am the 3rd owner of my Xpan (that I know of) and the first owner was a photojournalist who took it all over the world. The camera is pretty beat-up but seems to work fine so far.
Thanks for your reply!
TimPrebble
Member
There is some "springyness" when screwing in the battery cover, but I think that comes from the inside, which the batteries press against inside, rather than from the lid/cap. It always takes me a few goes to get the battery cover started in the thread...
snaefell
Established
If you look into the battery compartment, you will see that the bottom is formed like a spring to bring some tension on the batteries. Pretty clever since this is much less delicate than a spring in the cover which will bend at some point.
