oh...i see what you're saying. but no, i didnt. i got a small light down there and they look fine. still shiny and doesnt look like any corrosion
but just to update, i did some googling, and some people said they had issues with the batteries they were using
i had thrown el cheapo eveready batteries in that i had here at the house, and got about 10 pics before it shut down...put my old energizer rechargables in it, and it wouldnt even turn on...odd. i know they've gotta have at least enough juice to fire it up
on my way home from the gym i stopped at CVS and got some duracell 2450 mAh rechargables, put them on the charger when i got home, and just now (about 6 hours charged, i popped them in, took about 90 pics, about 70 with flash to try to use as much power as i could, and i havent gotten the "change battery" thing come up
hopefully its fixed. maybe tomorrow ill take it out and see how many pics i can get