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Sep 17, 2023 11:52:03   #
morkie Loc: Simi Valley CA
 
call or email Videoonerepair.com.‭. (888) 283-2228‬ - they are located in Newbury Park, CA just north of LA. They are authorized sony repair for sony video equipment and also work on sony still cameras. They are a mom&pop and quite helpful. They may give you an estimate/ guidance over the phone.

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Sep 17, 2023 12:54:06   #
rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA
 
StanMac wrote:
The internal battery in my Sony A55V is dead. Sony tells me that Precision Camera is the authorized repair service for Sony cameras. Precision Camera’s automated repair inquiry feature (enter your camera model and it will display a repair charge) tells me repair on the A55 will be well over $300. I can’t get anyone to answer at Precision Camera when I call and choose “repair service” in the IVRU. I want to ask if just replacing the internal battery is the same as a full blown mechanical or other functional repair but no one answers the repair service phone.

Three questions to my UHH buds: Have you ever had to replace the internal battery in your digital camera? What did it cost? Who did the replacement?

This camera was given to me by a friend who is along in age and didn’t want to carry that much weight around while traveling and who apparently isn’t concerned about the date information for his photos. Since I have some nice Minolta A-mount lenses (and no working A-mount Minolta film cameras) it was a fortuitous gift. I have found that I really like the camera and the images it produces. I’m willing to invest some cash to get the cameras clock working again, but not willing to pay significantly more than the camera is worth.

Another thought - why don’t manufacturers make the internal battery a user replaceable feature?

Stan
The internal battery in my Sony A55V is dead. Son... (show quote)

I have a camera that is known for ‘losing TOD info’ when replacing the main battery, so I simply keep a smart phone handy when changing the main battery - not worth fussing about.

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Sep 17, 2023 12:57:29   #
CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City
 
If a used model is around $200, that might be a better decision. A camera from 2010 that otherwise functions, I'd live with that internal battery problem. Or, just give up on the model and use the $200 - $300 on something newer (and better?).

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Sep 17, 2023 14:48:43   #
StanMac Loc: Tennessee
 
Thanks for all the suggestions, gang. I did find some information in the dpreview forum post string at the link posted earlier. The internal battery is apparently rechargeable and will discharge if the camera is left idle for a time. I will just have to resign myself to checking the clock/calendar and reset it as needed if the camera has been idle for a time. I did remove a low battery and replace it with a newly charged battery and noted that the date and time did not reset to default for the short time it took to make that battery change. So there is some life in the clock battery, at least for now.

Stan

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Sep 17, 2023 15:50:14   #
larryepage Loc: North Texas area
 
StanMac wrote:
Thanks for all the suggestions, gang. I did find some information in the dpreview forum post string at the link posted earlier. The internal battery is apparently rechargeable and will discharge if the camera is left idle for a time. I will just have to resign myself to checking the clock/calendar and reset it as needed if the camera has been idle for a time. I did remove a low battery and replace it with a newly charged battery and noted that the date and time did not reset to default for the short time it took to make that battery change. So there is some life in the clock battery, at least for now.

Stan
Thanks for all the suggestions, gang. I did find ... (show quote)


This new information opens up an entirely new possibility and suggests that we may have jumped to some invalid conclusions. If, in fact, there is some indication of life in the internal battery, it may not have failed at all. It may just need more time to charge than you are allowing it. Manuals for all of my cameras (different maker) state that the internal battery requires approximately three days to charge completely.

My new suggestion based on this is that you put a fairly full battery in the camera and just leave everything alone for three days. Then test to see what happens.

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Sep 17, 2023 16:42:54   #
Nigel7 Loc: Worcestershire. UK.
 
I can't speak for Sony but my Canon cameras either have an easily changeable internal battery or a capacitor which is kept charged up by the main battery.

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Sep 17, 2023 17:14:23   #
rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA
 
Nigel7 wrote:
I can't speak for Sony but my Canon cameras either have an easily changeable internal battery or a capacitor which is kept charged up by the main battery.

My Pentax has a button battery that is soldered in - I vastly prefer my solution of having the time at hand as I change the main battery to anything else.

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Sep 17, 2023 17:17:30   #
dwmoar Loc: Oregon, Willamette Valley
 
StanMac wrote:
The internal battery in my Sony A55V is dead. Sony tells me that Precision Camera is the authorized repair service for Sony cameras. Precision Camera’s automated repair inquiry feature (enter your camera model and it will display a repair charge) tells me repair on the A55 will be well over $300. I can’t get anyone to answer at Precision Camera when I call and choose “repair service” in the IVRU. I want to ask if just replacing the internal battery is the same as a full blown mechanical or other functional repair but no one answers the repair service phone.

Three questions to my UHH buds: Have you ever had to replace the internal battery in your digital camera? What did it cost? Who did the replacement?

This camera was given to me by a friend who is along in age and didn’t want to carry that much weight around while traveling and who apparently isn’t concerned about the date information for his photos. Since I have some nice Minolta A-mount lenses (and no working A-mount Minolta film cameras) it was a fortuitous gift. I have found that I really like the camera and the images it produces. I’m willing to invest some cash to get the cameras clock working again, but not willing to pay significantly more than the camera is worth.

Another thought - why don’t manufacturers make the internal battery a user replaceable feature?

Stan
The internal battery in my Sony A55V is dead. Son... (show quote)



They want the money......

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Sep 18, 2023 09:28:41   #
Robertski Loc: So California
 
As others have written... it is likely a capacitor which needs a main battery or AC charger to keep it alive. (my Sony camcorder uses a user replaceable coin battery for time/date). Others have suggested ignoring the date which is the easiest, especially if you date the folder on your computer. If you are in need of a date on the photos, then search for a Batch EXIF data changer to re-write any time/date you want, once they are in a computer folder. There are some free ones to try (InfraView, etc). Probably a trial & error learning curve, so document what steps worked. Good luck! If money is no object, then get it repaired... but I wonder how long it will work. What ever caused the original capacitor to fail may influence any subsequent caps.

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Sep 18, 2023 12:28:46   #
StanMac Loc: Tennessee
 
In response to my call to a camera repair service, I received a text that explained the Sony A55V has an internal clock battery that is soldered into one of the camera’s circuit boards. That proprietary circuit board is no longer available from Sony. I will end my quest for a solution and make it a part of my routine in using the camera to check the date settings and reset if necessary to capture the correct date info for the photos of that session.

Stan

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