Ansel Adams never did this.

This new El Cheapo brand digital camera isn't all it's cracked up to be. The thing will suddenly stop working for no reason at all and I lose all my pictures. I think it's draining the batteries. So I'm going to have to take the batteries out of it when I'm not using it. And I'm not talking about taking the batteries out of it if I plan not use it for a month, I'm talking about taking the batteries out if I'm not going to be using it for a few hours. It's a lovely device that I'm sure I'll thoroughly enjoy taking apart one day.

I went to El Cheapo's site and don't even see the thing listed among their current products anymore. It's been discontinued. How lovely.