Well I "fixed" this blasted camera, Canon M50

I bought this little Canon M50 from Canon "refurbished." These deals "come and go." There are things I like about it, and NOT LOL

One reason I bought it is that it is VERY adaptable to old lenses, including the old Canon mechanical FD/FL lenses, it has the same size sensor as a crop DSLR, it "acts" some like a DSLR, and I have an adapter that will accept ANY of my DSLR EF-S/ EF lenses

IT is an interchangeable lens mirrorless so it acts a lot like a "POS" and somewhat like a DSLR, as it has an electronic (not optical!!) viewfinder

I MUCH prefer a viewfinder especially with my aging eyes, instead of holding "something" at arms length

I FINALLY go the menu settings to where I don't use the display except for viewing photos or doing menu settings, and normally run with it turned "in" with the blank side out

SO WHAT IS THE PROBLEM???

The electronic viewfinder causes this thing to be a BATTERY ***** it has a sensor, and the viewfinder goes blank after a bit, BUT IT HAS A SENSOR near the viewfinder and the idea is that if you put your face up there it will turn on. BUT IT ALSO TURNS BACK ON when carrying with the strap as it bumps against your body!!!

So after "hours" (days?) of searching menu settings and the internet, I just got out of the basement.........put a piece of "magic" tape over the sensor and colored it with a sharpie black marker.

NOW IT CAN GO TO SLEEP AND STAY THERE and to get the thing to "wake up" I just "bump" the shutter half-press---shut like I do on any of the other DSLRs