Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night

2004-01-20 Thread cbwaters
, 2004 9:37 PM Subject: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night Yesterday I attended a friend's wedding. I took along the D and a couple of lenses and flash. I was pretty much in snap-shooter mode taking pictures of my ex-coworkers, friends, the wife, etc. and having a grand old time

Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night

2004-01-20 Thread Peter Alling
them to their perch wouldn't help! Christian - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 9:27 AM Subject: Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night Batteries were dead meaning the camera wouldn't work or just

Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night

2004-01-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yesterday I attended a friend's wedding. I took along the D and a couple of lenses and flash. I was pretty much in snap-shooter mode taking pictures of my ex-coworkers, friends, the wife, etc. and having a grand old time. At the beginning of the

Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night

2004-01-19 Thread bucky
I have never experienced such a problem - it must be dependent on the camera. I've had very good battery life so far. The batt. grip rocks, AFAIAC. Quoting Dr. Heiko Hamann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Did you use the battery grip? There seems to be some strange behaviour when using NiMH and the

Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night

2004-01-19 Thread Dr. Heiko Hamann
Hi, on 19 Jan 04 you wrote in pentax.list: I have never experienced such a problem - it must be dependent on the camera. I've had very good battery life so far. The batt. grip rocks, AFAIAC. There are several identical observations here in Germany. In fact - we haven't found one

Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night

2004-01-19 Thread Christian Skofteland
- Original Message - From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've shot 300-400 frames on a set on 2000 Mah NiMH and still had them showing good. There are times though, that they LCD will show dead, but turning the camera off and back on resets it to full. Been there done that

Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night

2004-01-19 Thread Christian Skofteland
- Original Message - From: Dr. Heiko Hamann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Christian, Did you use the battery grip? There seems to be some strange behaviour when using NiMH and the grip. The camera tells you that the batteries are empty, but when you remove the batteries from the grip, then

Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night

2004-01-19 Thread Christian Skofteland
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] You may have defective batteries or just not good enough batteries. there are a lot of differences between various NiMH batteries, even amongst those with identical ratings. Read the Imaging Resource battery article at

rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night

2004-01-18 Thread Christian Skofteland
Yesterday I attended a friend's wedding. I took along the D and a couple of lenses and flash. I was pretty much in snap-shooter mode taking pictures of my ex-coworkers, friends, the wife, etc. and having a grand old time. At the beginning of the event I decided to replace an old set of Lithium

Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night

2004-01-18 Thread Ryan Brooks
Christian Skofteland wrote: 20 frames later (I was using AF, the camera was set for 3sec review and every few shots I would hit the play button to show someone a goofy picture) the batteries were dead. You should get a lot more than that. My father's istD with 2200mAh NiMH's seems to run

Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night

2004-01-18 Thread Christian Skofteland
exactly Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Ryan Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 10:14 PM Subject: Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night Christian Skofteland wrote: 20 frames later (I

Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night

2004-01-18 Thread Bill Owens
. Bill - Original Message - From: Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 9:37 PM Subject: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night Yesterday I attended a friend's wedding. I took along the D and a couple of lenses

Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night

2004-01-18 Thread Rob Studdert
On 18 Jan 2004 at 22:39, Bill Owens wrote: I've shot 300-400 frames on a set on 2000 Mah NiMH and still had them showing good. There are times though, that they LCD will show dead, but turning the camera off and back on resets it to full. I think it has something to do with the current draw

Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night

2004-01-18 Thread Bill Owens
Hey Rob, I ended up with 4 sets. They work great in my AF360FGZ too :-) Bill - Original Message - From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 11:49 PM Subject: Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night On 18 Jan 2004 at 22:39

Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night

2004-01-18 Thread mapson
What's the deal with the NiMHs? Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] We use 2 types of NiMhs that we got for our *istD. One came with the charger (GP2100), the other we purchased afterwards (Energizer - 21mAh). Usually a set of GPs goes in the camera and E's go in the grip. We took

Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night

2004-01-18 Thread mapson
We use 2 types I mean 2 brands! of NiMhs that we got for our *istD. One came with the charger (GP2100), the other we purchased afterwards (Energizer - 21mAh). That is 2100mAh, of course! Writing while half-asleep doesn't help! ;-D (*)o(*) Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED]