Hello,

As expected, the battery cover latches in my two C990s passed away some time
ago. I was
using a piece of alum. cut to size and screwed to the tripod socket, as usual,
to hold the
cover in position. Useful, but not perfect, as I still needed some way to fix
the camera to my
tripod. So, I removed the metal plate and attached a Manfrotto plate to the
tripod socket.
Now I have the door securely locked in place, I can mount the camera on the
tripod and, as a
bonus, I finally found a convenient place to tie the lens cover cord.

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5368/sdc10084ir9.jpg

This is my first message, so please forgive me if this solution has already been
discused.

Regards,

xcasab