A lot less than with the D IMO but ANY ele ctronic device will act like that. My Walkman, years ago did the same... wait 10 minutes whenitn says it exhausted and you get 10 more minutes playing music.
2007/2/4, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Is this with the K10D Bob. > > I was hoping Pentax had that problem fixed.No problem with that, yet here. > > Dave > > On 2/4/07, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I guess I must be doing too much chimping... :-) > > > > My batteries don't last to long. > > I do like the K10D review function better than the *istDS. > > I can actually get a pretty good idea of sharpness with the zoom function. > > And of course, I'm still reading the instruction manual and looking at > > functions. > > All this burns battery juice. > > > > A word of warning... > > I still don't like how the battery indicator works. > > It can go from 'Powered up with 2 black halves" to "full empty" in one shot. > > If your like me, turning on and off frequently, this is problematic. > > As the last battery ran out of juice, I could see 'half empty' at > > times on the display. > > This was never at "TurnOn/Power Up", but after writing a picture to the > > card. > > When the battery finally goes, the camera locks up and shows a warning > > screen. > > I've gotten several extra shots, one at a time, by cycling off and on again. > > Gives you a last chance to get that shot... > > > > Regards, Bob S. > > > > On 2/4/07, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > FWIW, the battery life on the D200 was supposed to be around 800-900 > > > shots, according to the reviews. > > > > > > At first, i was lucky to get 150 shots per battery. Now after a number > > > of cycles, i'm up to something like 300 shots per. > > > > > > Maybe the Pentax battery needs a few charges to get up to speed as well. > > > > > > Of course, i look at every shot during my horse shows and use AF and > > > VR, so that eats it up . > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > On 2/3/07, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 616 shots and the 2nd battery needs a recharge... > > > > I think the first one got 350 shots, so ~275 on the second. > > > > Regards, Bob S. > > > > > > > > On 2/3/07, Sandra Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Not sure why, but I was sure I had to have one. So now I do. I > > > > > added it to > > > > > my collection of 4 other pentax slr bodies and 3 med format bodies. > > > > > Now > > > > > why would a single person need that many camera's not counting the 3 > > > > > point > > > > > and shoot pentax camera's I have. > > > > > On a different note. I love it. It is probably the best Camera I > > > > > have ever > > > > > shot with. > > > > > I have a few questions, Since I wasn't planning this I didn't keep up > > > > > with > > > > > all the talk about it. > > > > > How long is the expected battery life? > > > > > And Raw? Raw kindof scares me... > > > > > I have read the first manuel once. The actual operating manual. I > > > > > find it > > > > > funny though. For some reason this camera takes pictures of > > > > > everything. > > > > > Sami, doorknobs, tv's, Curious George stuffed dolls. I dont' think I > > > > > have > > > > > had a camera that took that many pictures of that many different > > > > > things > > > > > since my first pentax in 1995. I hope that with this one I can learn > > > > > a lot > > > > > more than I learned with my last ones. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Equine Photography > > > www.caughtinmotion.com > > > Ontario Canada > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > Equine Photography > www.caughtinmotion.com > Ontario Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
