Fuji S2 Battery Issues

[maderemark]

I have a Fuji S2 that seems to be very picky about the charge levels of the installed batteries.

It seems that if the batteries have been charged for more than a week prior to installation, the camera almost immediately indicates low or discharged batteries. While I know that batteries begin losing their charge almost immediately after charging, my Fuji S3 seems to go far longer on the same set of batteries that the S2 gives up on.

I don't remember this being an issue when I first got the S2. Anyone else seeing the same problem?

Regards,

Mark

[edwind]

Funny you should mention that. I only use my S2 as a back-up but last Saturday (while my S3 was away at Fuji because of rubbish results in JPG shooting mode), I was covering a school ceremony that involved about 14 portraits and a group shot of the same kids.
The night before I had fully charged three sets of four NiMah's (I use the 4 AA battery pack instead of the lithiums) and the camera was constantly telling me that my batteries were low while it was writing to CF. Then for a few shots it wouldn't have a problem and write quickly then back again to 'low battery level'.
It has never done this before so I figured maybe the contacts are lttle dirty but as yet I have not got to the bottom of it.