Re: Subject: Re: Inexpensive Pentax AC adapter

Most AC adapters are pretty safe to use. Until they die, but at least more often than not they only kill themselves. On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 1:14 AM, Bipin Gupta wrote: > One hears these adages quite often like "You pay what you get for", "Cheap" > etc. > Is it true?? NOT for

Subject: Re: Inexpensive Pentax AC adapter

One hears these adages quite often like "You pay what you get for", "Cheap" etc. Is it true?? NOT for the smart guy - or call him frugal, Mr. Scrooge if you wish. Cheap need not mean it will damage your camera or fail. So here is what I did. Bought a German Hama SMPS Multi Volt Adapter for $12 on

Re: Inexpensive Pentax AC adapter

There's an old cliché, "You get what you pay for". Which I think doesn't mean that literally; so much as it means cheap stuff doesn't last. I wouldn't expect the Pentax AC adapter to fail and need replacing, and I wouldn't worry about the Pentax adapter damaging my camera if it did fail. On

Re: Inexpensive Pentax AC adapter

Assuming the Voltage regulator's failure mode is automatic cutoff, it should work fine. If it's failure mode is surge, there might be problems. I've looked at the HQRP a couple of times but always held back on a purchase, because, while, the Pentax OEM is definitely over priced, the price

Re: Inexpensive Pentax AC adapter

https://www.adorama.com/ipxac132.html Same part number for the K-3 family and the K-1. Click the Accessories tab of this page for confirmation: http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/products/k-1/accessories/index.html So the cheapie I linked to on Amazon would work in the K-1 also. On Tue,

Re: Inexpensive Pentax AC adapter

Neither one of them list the K-1. And although the Ricoh lists the K-1 under Products on their web site, it doesn't give you anything about the K-1 if you select it. It gives you "up to 3 products to compare" and you have to select from the GRII, WG-M2, Pentax K-50, Pentax KP and WG-50. The