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Old 6th April 2021, 02:02 PM
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The corrosion will likely have removed the plating from the springs and/or other contacts and coated it with rust (which is non-conductive)... Likewise, I assume there are contacts that take the power from the battery holder to the camera body - measuring the voltage at these contacts will tell you if power is making it to the camera body (but there may be more than one set of contacts which will complicate matters unless it is obvious which pair of contacts belongs to which set of batteries!).
Bob, I'm sincerely grateful to you for taking the time. In truth, your excellent response will require much study and dissection. I will, of course, report back in due course.

Thanks again.
Richard
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