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My husband bought a Pentax Optio M20 LAST 2006. Most of the time it won,t turn on.On other instances,it turns on briefly and after taking about 3 pictures it turns off automatically. The batteries are new and tried other brands too. The camera is "abnormally warm". I dont know if its draining the batteries. Can it be fixed?

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