Camera dying?

It will powerup like normal.

But when a CF card (tried different ones)is in the camera and you press the button to take a photo, the screen will either shut off clean or give a flash of scrambled image then shut off and freeze. The only way to reset is to remove the batteries. It is also draining the batteries in the few attempts to power it on.

When no card is in there it will stay 'alive' for a bit longer but pressing any button on it and the lense will power down leaving the lcd display stuck on.