Canon camera question re batteries

[ezdays]

I had trouble with my S9000 loosing the settings. It was fine at first but I let it get to near the car heater on a trip and it kept losing them. now after 2 years, it is retaining them most of the time when I remove the batteries. I am guessing there may be a capacitor that helps hold the memory.
With the information stamping that is automatically done I would not want to skip the date and time. It is nice to have this all in the photo properties list and windows will arrange the pictures by date taken if you want it to.

A small five-cent capacitor to retain the memory is all it should take. Mine can do that for weeks and weeks without any noticeable drain on the battery, a small capacitor should hold a charge for hours and keep the memory intact. Like I said, maybe mine should have one in the circuit but doesn't.